Raiders cut FB Reece in first day back from ban

ALAMEDA, Calif. -- The Oakland Raiders have released four-time Pro Bowl fullback Marcel Reece on the day he was eligible to return to the active roster from a four-game suspension that began last season.

Reece did not respond to text messages Monday but had been looking forward to returning to the Raiders at the end of training camp.

"I'm gonna make the best of it," Reece texted at the end of the preseason. "(I) will be waiting on the air strip when my guys land from Tennessee on Sept. 25.

"I'm gonna be a nightmare for Baltimore!"

Instead, the Raiders, who have been carrying 52 players on their 53-man roster since the start of the regular season, parted ways with him on Monday, six days before…