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Raiders offseason program schedule announced

Raiders offseason program is coming up quick. Here is their offseason practice schedule

It seems like the NFL season just ended. It practically did, considering it was just over six weeks since the Super Bowl. And yet things are going to start heating up again very soon. For the Raiders in particular, they will report for their first offseason workouts in ten days.

Their offseason schedule was released today. Here is what it looks like:

First day – April 11
Voluntary minicamp – April 25-27
OTA practices – May 23-24, 26, June 1-3, 13-14
Mandatory minicamp – June 7-9

Sometime between the close of the draft on April 30 and the start of OTA’s the team will also hold a rookie minicamp. Those dates will not be announced until after the draft.

Phase one starts on April 11 and last two weeks. That time will be used for meetings, strength and conditioning, and injury rehab for those who need it.

Phase two begins with the voluntary veteran minicamp session April 25-27 and lasts three weeks. No offense vs defense is allowed during this time.

Phase three begins with voluntary OTA’s of which there are up to ten practices. This phase may include up to full 11-on-11 offense vs defense team sessions. Tucked between the second and third week of OTA’s is the three-day mandatory minicamp. The entire offseason program concludes on June 14 to begin what is usually a six-week break before training camp.

Raiders training camp report date is set

They say there is no offseason in the NFL. And that is practically true. The season is officially over in February and a month later, the new league year starts and free agency along with it. A month after that it’s the draft. Which launched right …

They say there is no offseason in the NFL. And that is practically true. The season is officially over in February and a month later, the new league year starts and free agency along with it. A month after that it’s the draft. Which launched right into rookie minicamp, OTA’s, and mandatory minicamp.

Right now we’re in the thick of OTA’s. And two months from now, all players will report for training camp.

As NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero noted today, the date the Raiders — along with 28 other teams — can report to training camp is July 27.

The unified report date is due to a new rule that says all teams (sans the two teams that play in the Hall of Fame game) will report to training camp 47 days before the season opener.

The previous rule had teams report 15 days prior to their first preseason game. That had teams reporting on different dates because there were varying dates for the start of preseason.

The question that remains for the Raiders is whether on July 27 they will be reporting to Napa CA — where the Raiders had held training camp for more than two decades — or their facility in Henderson NV — where they were forced to hold training camp last year due to the pandemic.

The NFL has opened it up for the Raiders to submit to hold training camp in Napa this year. This applies to any NFL team looking to hold training camp off-site.

Prior to the pandemic, the Raiders intended to return to Napa for camp. It is considered arguably the most primo training camp locale in football and Mark Davis is understandably not eager to give it up. However it remains to be seen if he will put in that request this year and, if he does, if the league will approve it.