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Because the NFL season never ends, we present our 2009 Offseason Roadmaps for front offices to navigate through the summer.

The 2008 season might go down as one of the most bizarre campaigns in the history of the Oakland Raiders. Lane Kiffin and Al Davis clearly didn't get along, while Kiffin pulled off the impossible task of making Davis look like a sane, rational person.

A team spokesperson nearly decked a beat writer; the punter was, reportedly, punched out by a defensive lineman; and the team on the field finished with a losing season, failing to win more than five games for the sixth consecutive year. Just a disastrous season in every way imaginable.

The Redskins cut 12 players from the roster as they head into the final preseason game against the Baltimore Ravens this Thursday. Two of those cuts are defensive linemen, a unit which has taken a beating in injuries already.

The 12 players cut include:

• OL Jon Alston
• QB Casey Bramlet
• DB Antuan Edwards
• TE Robert Johnson
• OL Jim Jones
• K Tyler Jones
• P David Lonie
• DL Chris Mineo
• TE Calen Powell
• DL Karon Riley
• LB Kevin Simon
• DB Aric Williams

None of them come as too much of a surprise. TE Robert Johnson's injury prevented him from getting enough playing time to show what he had since he was kind of expected to make the team. The solid play of TE Buck Ortega, though, probably accelerated his dismissal. The Redskins now have 76 players on the roster who will get one final look this Thursday. The team has to cut around 20 more players before the season opener against former Redskins QB Brad Johnson and the Minnesota Vikings.