On Monday, Raiders head coach Dennis Allen said Menelik Watson will return to practice this week, according to the Silver and Black Pride website.
The former Saddleback College Gaucho was signed in April to play for the Oakland Raiders. Since then injuries have defined his fledgling career.
He started training camp with a calf injury. After a brief return to practice, it took him 10 minutes of play before reaggravating that injury. He was back in pads on the last day of training camp, just in time to start in the last preseason game at left tackle, a position he'd never played.
But the next week after, a knee injury sidelined the 6'5", 315-pound offensive tackle once more.
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