5 most important position battles during training camp

The day has finally come and the 2022 Las Vegas Raiders season is here!

Rookies reported to training camp on Monday and veterans checked in today which means we just cleared one checkpoint to the start of the regular season. This also means the position battles are about to commence so we’ll finally get some answers to our offseason questions. Below is a look at the Raiders' five most important competitions with the biggest contenders for each, a potential wild card winner and a prediction for who wins the Week 1 job.

1) Right Tackle

Contenders: Alex Leatherwood, Brandon Parker and Thayer Munford

Arguably the biggest surprise from the Raiders this offseason was that they didn’t address the right tackle spot until the seventh round of the NFL Draft.