For the Raiders players, they have put on a set of pads and hit someone in six months. That drought ends today when they take the practice field at 4:20pm in Napa.
You can bet most of these players are pretty eager to finally put on some pads.
"The game's played in pads so you really can't get a full evaluation until you get your team in pads and see them compete," said Jack Del Rio on Saturday. "That's the next part, so we're excited to get that phase going and then that'll be part of what we do.