The Las Vegas Raiders Released Veteran Wide Receiver Noah Brown on Monday Afternoon, Just Eight Days After Signing the 30-Year-old

The move came as the team continued trimming its roster ahead of the 2026 season. Brown has played for three different NFL teams over eight seasons. The former seventh-round pick spent five years with the Dallas Cowboys, tallying 980 yards in 66 games while mostly working on special teams.

After collecting just nine catches through his first two seasons, he missed all of 2019 due to knee injuries before assuming a larger role in 2022, registering a career-high 43 catches and his only three touchdowns with Dallas. He then joined the Houston Texans, posting a career-high 567 receiving yards in his lone season despite injuring his back in his team debut. The former Ohio State standout notched 153 yards and a touchdown in a Week 9 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and 172 yards the following game.

Brown then missed the next two games and later suffered a shoulder injury during the playoffs that required offseason surgery. Brown returned to the NFC East to play for the Washington Commanders, accruing 453 yards and a touchdown in 2024. Injuries struck again last year when he missed all but four games due to groin and knee issues, catching five of 10 targets for 83 yards. Joining a young Raiders receiving corps had seemed to give Brown another chance to earn NFL reps. Tre Tucker led the team with 696 receiving yards last season, and the Raiders have not added another established veteran after Jakobi Meyers joined the Jacksonville Jaguars.