The Las Vegas Raiders floored the rest of the NFL earlier this week when they announced that they were releasing star defensive tackle Christian Wilkins. This may seem like a black mark on the new regime, or make people think that the Raiders are in shambles, but it is actually where new head coach Pete Carroll and general manager John Spytek are separating themselves. Carroll and Spytek are all about football and what helps the team, so if there was no path for Wilkins to return to play, then releasing him seems like a no-brainer. Past regimes for the Silver and Black, however, would not have done the same thing and kept him around because of his lucrative contract.