ALAMEDA – Roy Helu Jr. is fully healthy. It took nearly three weeks to get there. The Raiders running back was down with a hamstring strain suffered early in training camp, poor timing for a player trying integrate himself into a new scheme and a new team.
Head coach Jack Del Rio focuses primarily on healthy players, and admitted after Wednesday’s practice that players out such an extended time have to fight for a role. It might be difficult, Del Rio said, to move into a prominent role in the few weeks left in the preseason.
“Right now, he’s got to create a role,” Del Rio said.