HENDERSON, Nev. -- Johnathan Hankins and Bilal Nichols both came off the PUP list last week, and no, that rumble you heard emanating from near the Las Vegas Raiders' compound was not the latest monsoon rolling through Sin City.
It was a sigh of relief.
The Raiders getting their two projected starting defensive tackles out of the training room from undisclosed injuries and onto the practice field provided more than a feel-good story.
"Certainly, we now have more depth than what we've been practicing with, for sure," first-year Raiders coach Josh McDaniels said.