Bobby Hamilton Tyler Brayton Rob Ryan Danny Clark

It's like looking over at your neighbor's house on garbage day and seeing their lawn mower in the heap of trash. You know it still runs; you're positive it still cuts the grass--it's just old.On June 1st, defensive end Bobby Hamilton could find himself being rolled from the shed to the side of the street on the NFL's first garbage day.Hamilton, who joined the defense in 2004, has been cutting NFL turf for 12 long years. He began back in 1994 with the Seattle Seahawks, where he stayed until the end of 1995, seeing no playing time in his short tenure with the team. From 1996 through 1999, Hamilton moved on to the New York Jets. In his time in New York, the Southern Miss alum saw limited field-time, recording 103 tackles and 5.5 sacks in 54 games of action. Thereafter, Hamilton stayed within the boundaries of the AFC East division, moving to New England. With the Patriots, he saw his career line graph hit the apex of the grid. Hamilton didn't miss a game, recording 232 tackles and 10.5 sacks on his way to two Super Bowl victories.In the offseason of 2004, Hamilton left the Super Bowl champions to help shore up the defensive fa?ade in Oakland. In his two years in the silver and black, No. 98 has appeared in 30 regular season games, hoarding 113 tackles and three more sacks to his career totals.Now set to enter his third season working up front for Oakland, the Raiders' top brass is considering releasing the 34-year-old veteran. But, with a reasonably modest base salary of $1.335 million, it wouldn't be in the team's best interest to do so.For just over $1 million, Hamilton brings over a decade of NFL wisdom to a generally young defense. With an infusion of youth controlling several skill positions (i.e. Nnamdi Asomugha, Fabian Washington, Stuart Schweigert, Michael Huff, and Kirk Morrison), aged wisdom is hard to come by in the Raiders' locker room.He hasn't been too bad on the field, either.Originally brought in to play on the left end of the 3-4 defensive scheme, Rob Ryan abandoned the defense after the 2004 campaign. However, even up front in the 4-3 rotation, the 6-5, 285-pounder still quietly provided consistency in the run-stuffing department. Hamilton finished seventh in the tackle column for Oakland in both 2004 and 2005; however, sans Danny Clark, Hamilton has been the most consistent tackler on the Oakland roster over the past two seasons.With questions already surrounding the interior of the line, placing a full load on a major question mark like Tyler Brayton would be a highly perilous move for the Raiders.For Bobby Hamilton, by June 1st, he could be one of the first players wheeled out of Oakland.If they were wise, though, Oakland would hit the brakes on the "old mower" and see what's left in the 34-year-old's tank.Maybe even give the pull-string a quick yank; it could start right up.?