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Eight practices, no fights? Why Raiders are pulling their punches

NAPA — With eight of 16 practices in the books during the Napa portion of Raiders training camp, you’d think the team with the most rough and tumble reputation in the NFL would have had a dust-up or two.

Yet even during the warmest weather after the morning fog burns off, the Raiders have kept their cool.

Once upon a time, good friends such as Greg Biekert and Steve Wisniewski would fake a fight to get things going. It wasn’t uncommon for coaches to step back and allow real altercations to to continue for a minute or two before interceding to heighten the intensity.