Raiders adjust to different camp under Cable
By JOSH DUBOW, AP Sports Writer
NAPA, Calif. — For most of the Oakland Raiders, the first few days of training camp under coach Tom Cable are like nothing they’ve been through before as football players.
Quarterbacks are forbidden to pass the ball in seven-on-seven drills. They practice barking out audibles in the corner of the field while their teammates do other drills. The whistle blows almost as soon as the ball is handed off as coaches make sure each player is in the right spot. And then the process repeats itself.
“It seemed like it was weird at first when he talked about the concept, but you go through it and it’s a great concept,” linebacker Isaiah Ekejiuba(notes) said. “We’re doing a lot of learning, get all the mistakes out the way.”
The Raiders spent Saturday participating in their third straight day of what Cable has called a “learning-intensive” approach to football, eschewing pads, contact and running actual plays in favor of drilling fundamentals in this outdoor classroom in wine country.
All sports teams have to get back to basics from time to time but I wouldn't expect NFL players to have to relearn the skills they learned in junior high. Not that I'm knocking Cable. Desperate times call for desperate measures. At this point its worth it to try pretty much anything. Maybe putting a bug in Al Davis' ear about the virtues of retirement might be worthwhile. Or convincing his next of kin the basics of how to file power of attorney and lock his old ass in a home. I'm just spitballing here.
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