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Burfict was released by the Bengals on Monday Marshawn Lynch Jersey , but he was on his way to Oakland to visit with the Raiders on Monday and that meeting was all it took for him to land another job. The Raiders announced that Burfict has signed with the team on Tuesday night.Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports Burfict has signed a one-year contract worth up to $5 million if he reaches incentives.The move reunites Burfict with defensive coordinator Paul Guenther, who was the Bengals’ linebackers coach during Burfict’s first two NFL seasons and Cincinnati’s defensive coordinator from 2014 to 2017.It also makes him teammates with wide receiver Antonio Brown, who was on the receiving end of a shot to the head from Burfict late in a January 2016 playoff game. The hit made Burfict a villain in Pittsburgh and helped set the stage for Steelers wideout JuJu Smith-Schuster to lay out Burfict with a block in a 2017 game.The prospect of seeing Brown and Burfict hash things out may make the Raiders appealing to producers this summer. Raiders head coach Jon Gruden said Thursday at the NFL Scouting Combine that the team intends to pick up the fifth-year option on safety Karl Joseph.鈥淚 hope so,鈥?Gruden said, via Scott Bair of NBC Bay Area. 鈥淚鈥檒l let (new GM Mike Mayock) comment on that later Gabe Jackson Jersey , but it appears that way, yes.鈥滼oseph was the 14th overall pick of the 2016 NFL Draft. All first-round picks sign four-year deals with an option for a fifth-year. The Raiders have until May to officially pick up the option for 2020, which becomes guaranteed for injury only until the start of the 2020 league year next March. His salary for the fifth-year would be an average of the third- to 25th-highest safety contracts in the upcoming season.Joseph re-established himself on the Raiders’ defense after the team’s bye last year. He finished the season with 48 tackles and two sacks with an interception.

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