Raiders offensive line coach Mike Tice had said that the team’s only available starting job “would come down to the wire.”
Well, here we are at the wire, Saturday’s third preseason game when starters will play the first two or three quarters.
Menelik Watson has had the lead at right tackle throughout training camp as the Raiders eased Austin Howard back in from injuries. Howard played a little with the first team Aug. 18 in Green Bay, and he’s ready to make a push — of defensive linemen — for the starting role.