It was a tale of two seasons for Bruce Irvin in 2017.

The first half of the season, he looked like a player who would surely be cut after the season, but after closing out the year with six sacks in the Raiders final eight games, Irvin suddenly felt like a bargain with his $8.25 million cap number in 2018.

Nevertheless, Irvin’s name has been brought up more than once as a candidate to be released and the latest on Irvin comes from The Athletic’s John Middlekauff, who says the Raiders would like the 30 year-old linebacker to take a pay cut.

“I’ve heard the new staff likes him, they just want him to take a pay cut.He’s scheduled to make $8.25 million in 2018 and I’m sure the Raiders would like that number to get somewhere closer to the $5 million range. Irvin can take the pay cut or bet the free-agent market will pay more if he is released. No team is trading for that contract, so he really only has those two options…”

Obviously, Irvin is aware that something is up or this tweet wouldn’t have been fired from his twitter deck on Thursday…

Y’all keep saying bring baby Reggie out but shit baby Reggie may not b back 😂😂😂😂🤷🏾‍♂️ — Bruce Irvin (@BIrvin_WVU11) February 15, 2018

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