Deion Sanders was put on waivers by the Washington Redskins on Monday, clearing the first of several obstacles for him to play for the Oakland Raiders.

Sanders now must clear waivers by Tuesday for the Raiders to be able to sign him.

There are no existing salary cap implications for the Redskins by putting Sanders on waivers and none for whichever team that claims him. Any team that claims Sanders on waivers or signs him after he clears waivers would have to negotiate a new deal, fitting him under their cap. There is not an inherited salary by claiming him on waivers.

However, any team with a worse record than the Raiders will get a crack at putting in a waiver claim before the Raiders could and therefore would block Sanders from going to the Raiders. And if a team claims Sanders on waivers, it would not need to activate him. He could just move from the Redskins' reserve/retired list to a new team's reserve/retired list.

Sanders, a CBS studio analyst who's two years removed from his playing days, reportedly had plans to visit Raiders camp Monday to discuss joining the team. But Eugene Parker, Sanders' agent, told ESPN.com that Sanders would not be there and has no travel plans to be in Oakland's camp on any other day.

A Raiders official also comfirmed to ESPN.com that Sanders would not be in Oakland on Monday.

The Raiders confirmed Sunday that the club has contacted Sanders about possibly playing again. Parker told ESPN there was no offer made by the Raiders and that talks were in the preliminary stages.

In an interview with Westwood One's Jim Gray during halftime of the radio broadcast of the Steelers-Bucs game Monday night, Sanders said the Packers also were interested in him.

Sanders, a cornerback, retired after the 2000 season and 11 years in the NFL. He was a Washington Redskin at the time of his retirement and the Redskins still retained his rights until today.

"I have no problem with him playing with the Oakland Raiders," Redskins owner Dan Snyder told Mortensen. "We don't care. If it were the Eagles or Giants, it wouldn't happen. All Bruce Allen has to do is call me direct and it will happen. I love Bruce Allen (senior assistant to Raiders owner Al Davis), and I love Al Davis, and I think it would be really exciting."

Raiders coach Bill Callahan said Monday reports the Raiders had talked to Sanders about joining the team and ending his retirement were "highly speculative at this point."

Callahan declined to comment further, saying he did not want to detract from the performance of his current group of defensive backs. He said he was optimistic that cornerback Tory James would return from a two-game absence for Sunday's regular-season finale against the Chiefs after having surgery to stabilize a broken bone in his right leg. Charles Woodson has said he would not be able to play against the Chiefs because of a fractured fibula.

Contacted late Sunday night about his talks with the Raiders, Sanders told ESPN.com that the chance to add a third Super Bowl ring to his collection, with an Oakland team that has now won a third straight AFC West title, was tempting.

"Like I've always said, I could roll out of bed tomorrow morning, and be able to cover," Sanders said. "That will never go away. What was missing was my desire to do it. I mean, I left the game on my own (terms), because the fire wasn't there. But here's a team in the playoffs, with a real chance to go to the Super Bowl, and an owner who always wants to win.

"I always felt like I might look good in that black and silver (uniform), you know?"

Sanders confirmed discussions with the Raiders had not yet reached the substantive stage and said he will weigh the ramifications of what a comeback might mean to his family. A source close to Sanders told ESPN.com on Sunday night that financial parameters have not been discussed but said a deal might be struck quickly if the Raiders are serious.

Sanders' agent noted that the public acknowledgement of mutual interest by both parties could hasten an agreement, if there is to be one.

"You know how it is," Parker told ESPN.com. "Once something like this picks up momentum, there's a chance, especially if the Raiders people get really serious about it."

But wide receiver Tim Brown said Sanders' name was batted about the locker room last week.

"Some of the players heard about it last week," Brown told the San Francisco Chronicle. "I don't even know if the coaches knew about it."

Raiders senior assistant Bruce Allen said the team wasn't ruling out pursuing Sanders.

"We're looking for ways to make sure we have healthy players on the field,'' Allen said Monday.

Sanders, 35, made seven Pro Bowls as a cornerback and won two Super Bowls -- with the 49ers after the 1994 season and with the Dallas Cowboys the following year -- in 12 seasons.

It's unclear what kind of deal Sanders would get, but players receive salary for the regular season only; the team could add incentives to the deal that would count against the salary cap in future years.

Information from ESPN.com's Len Pasquarelli, ESPN's Chris Mortensen and The Associated Press was used in this report.