The happiest man in the Raiders’ facility, new millionaires aside, has to be offensive line coach Mike Tice. He must be doing cartwheels in the halls after Oakland’s free-agent haul.
“I wish I could,” he said, laughing. “I might have given it a shot.”
The Raiders re-signed left tackle Donald Penn on Wednesday, a week after they signed coveted free-agent left guard Kelechi Osemele. Oakland has one of the biggest and best offensive lines in the NFL.
“People understand that the most important person on the field is the quarterback,” Tice said, “and you have to take care of him.