Raiders report: Camp ‘not a prison, but not a country club’

TRAINING CAMP

AT A GLANCE

Schedule

All practices astatine Intermountain Healthcare Performance Center, unless noted:

■ Sunday — TBD

■ Monday — Off

■ Tuesday — Practice, 7:30-9:30 a.m

■ Wednesday — Practice, 7:30-9:30 a.m

■ Thursday — Practice, 7:30-9:30 a.m.

■ Friday — Off

Quote of the day

Ron Milus came implicit to the Raiders from the Chargers with caller antiaircraft coordinator Gus Bradley and was tasked with coaching a radical of young, talented antiaircraft backs who struggled past season. He tin beryllium seen connected the signifier tract each time fostering a competitory situation successful each drill and insists helium is seeing affirmative signs from the secondary. His wide doctrine is to onslaught the close code successful bid to get results.

“I effort to beryllium demanding but not implicit the top,” helium said. “It ain’t prison, but it ain’t a state club. So determination successful the mediate is wherever we person to get these guys to perform.There’s going to beryllium sometimes wherever I’ve got to emotion them up, but different times wherever it’s like, ‘Come on, man. We person to bash amended than this. ‘ I deliberation that’s wherever I travel into play. Try to marque definite these guys are held accountable, but not truthful implicit the apical that they don’t similar the crippled of football. We person to support the emotion of the game. If we tin get them to bash that, we whitethorn similar our results connected Sunday.”

Play of the day

Trevon Moehrig continues to marque plays connected the shot during signifier and Foster Moreau caught different heavy seam way for a touchdown. The astir breathtaking portion of signifier was a unrecorded goal-line drill with immoderate large hitting astatine the enactment of scrimmage. But it was Henry Ruggs and Derek Carr erstwhile again hooking up for the apical item connected Saturday. Ruggs ran a post-corner and got down Johnathan Abram arsenic Carr dropped the shot conscionable beyond the defender and deed Ruggs successful stride for what astir apt would person been a touchdown.

Welcome Back

General manager Mike Mayock and rookie information Tyree Gillespie were some connected the signifier tract Saturday. Mayock had been successful protocol aft investigating affirmative for COVID-19 aboriginal successful grooming camp. Gillespie had been dealing with a mild brushed insubstantial injury.

Still nary Waller

Star choky extremity Darren Waller missed his 4th consecutive signifier connected Saturday.

Coach Jon Gurden is expected to talk aft Sunday’s practice, truthful an update could travel astatine that time. It’s not assumed to beryllium thing superior astatine this time.

Running backmost Jalen Richard, choky ends Alex Ellis and Derek Carrier, wide receivers Trey Quinn and John Brown and information Karl Joseph were besides absent from the signifier field.

Defensive extremity Carl Nassib was connected the tract for stretching earlier heading backmost to the locker room. He did not look to beryllium injured.

Abram making strides

Milus believes Abram could instrumentality a large measurement guardant this season. He said the container information relation Abram is expected to capable is “very crucial” successful Bradley’s strategy and has assurance Abram tin capable it.

“I tin accidental this for John,” Milus said. “John has done everything we person asked him to do. We asked him to travel successful a small lighter and what did helium do? He came successful a small spot lighter. You guys cognize John. He chirps a small bit, right? We asked him to crook the measurement down conscionable a small spot and he’s done that. I deliberation it’s going to marque him a amended player.

“Now, erstwhile it’s each said and done, he’s got to bash it connected Sundays successful September, October and November. But John has gotten amended successful my sentiment by conscionable doing the small things right, trying to get his assemblage successful the close position. If you’re asking me, I deliberation John’s going to person a large year.”

Contact Adam Hill astatine ahill@reviewjournal.com. Follow @AdamHillLVRJ connected Twitter.