Oakland Raiders Training Camp: Back To Fundamentals

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Published: August 3, 2009

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... the Oakland Raiders have put their backpacks away and picked up their equipment, ready for some blood. 

When coach Tom Cable originally stated he was instituting two-a-day practices in the wilting Napa Valley heat, many praised him for taking an "old school" approach.

Cable felt that the practice schedule under Kiffin, which gave the players the morning off after practicing the previous night and rarely saw them during the nadir of the heat, made the team soft.

So he was bringing it back to the old school, and was going to toughen the players up.

Only, there would be no contact.

Many were left scratching their heads, until he explained his purpose. The team, he feels, was not where it needed to be in regards to knowing positioning, responsibilities, and schemes.

So he was going to conduct eight non-contact practices that w...

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