DT Christian Wilkins still sidelined to begin Raiders training camp
Wilkins is expected to be a big part of the Raiders defense this season. He suffered a jones fracture in his foot early last season that sent him to injured reserve. He was expected to be back and ready for the offseason program in April, but suffered a setback that had him miss all of OTA's in May and minicamp in June, but the hope was he would be back by training camp.
The longer this lingers, the more concerning it becomes.
"This has been a difficult recovery," head coach Pete Carroll said of Wilkins' injury back in May. "And he's done everything he needs to do. He's been here every day, he's here early, working hard. We're still working it. And he's not ready to get back out there. We're in the midst of a long challenging process. Fortunately there's a lot of time and we're going to take every bit of it. We've tried to be really diligent about the way we work and the way we wanted it and all that. He's been on board the whole time. But it has been challenging."
The entire team reports to training camp on Tuesday and begins practicing on Wednesday. They will once again do so without one of their defensive stars. And who knows when he will join them.
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