At the sight of the Raiders’ past, so much of it attached to him, Daryle Lamonica felt decades younger. The franchise staged an alumni weekend before the start of this season’s training camp, and a significant chunk of football history came to life.
“Sitting around with Raymond Chester, George Atkinson, Jim Plunkett, all the guys, it’s like we never left practice,” said Lamonica, who quarterbacked the team in Super Bowl II in 1968. “After all these years, it’s like we were all ready to suit up and go through those same experiences.