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From Adam Schefter at NFL.com:

OUT IN OAKLAND ...?

Kerry Collins might have to look elsewhere for work next season.
The Raiders and reps for quarterback Kerry Collins are scheduled to meet later this week in Indianapolis at the Scouting Combine to try to determine each party's plans for the coming season.

It sounds as if the sides are headed for a mutual divorce, with the Raiders apprehensive about paying Collins the $2.5 million roster bonus due to him next week as well as his $6 million base salary for 2006, and the quarterback apprehensive about returning to Oakland to be the starter.

It looks like both sides feel it would be better to start fresh, the Raiders with a new face at quarterback, Collins with a new city and new offense. But nothing will become official until the two sides meet later this week.