Training camp has just started for the Raiders and things are without several interior defensive linemen. First it was projected starters Johnathan Hankins and Bilal Nichols who began camp on the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list. And today they were joined by Vernon Butler who was placed on the Non-Football Injury list.
The seventh-year veteran DT Butler was added this offseason to compete for a spot in the rotation.
With Hankins, Nichols, and Butler down, this is what the group looks like: