ALAMEDA – Gareon Conley is in a good space these days, enjoying a normal NFL player’s routine. Days are packed with meetings, weight-room work, practice and physical maintenance.
Notice “rehab” was not in the sentence above.
That’s a good thing, and a relatively new thing for the Raiders cornerback. We all know about the 2017 first-round pick’s recent injury history, from the shin injury that stole his rookie year to the hip issue that sidelined him most of training camp.
Conley’s healthy, feeling good and focused on the routine: Meetings, weights, practice, recovery. That cycle has been on repeat the since Aug.