A league source tells us that the anticipated Friday showdown between the Raiders and running back LaMont Jordan won’t happen.

Instead, we’re told that the Raiders will release or trade Jordan in the very near future.

If he’s released (and our money is on that one), he’ll join the crowd of unemployed veteran tailbacks.  So, instead of Hard Knocks with the Dallas Cowboys, we think HBO should throw Jordan and Shaun Alexander and Cedric Benson and Najeh Davenport and any other veteran running back we’re overlooking into the same house, with one phone, one bathroom, one hamper, and a lot of cameras.