There is really only one big competition for a starting job at Raiders training camp this season, and offensive line coach Mike Tice expects that “it’s going to come down to the wire.”
Menelik Watson seems to have an early edge on Austin Howard at right tackle, if you’re counting reps the first five practices in Napa. That would be misleading, Tice said.
Howard, coming off knee surgery and a recent minor shoulder injury, has had a little bit of a slow start.
“We want to make sure that both guys are getting equal work,” Tice said.