3 takeaways from Day 10 of Raiders training camp

NAPA, Calif. — Three takeaways from Day 10 of Raiders training camp:

Repeated

Mario Edwards Jr. jabbed into left guard Frank Ragnow with his left hand and swam over the Detroit Lions first-round pick with his right, the maneuver consuming maybe half a second when beating Ragnow inside on a 1-on-1 pass rush drill.

It worked.

Just as Warren Sapp said.

Edwards, a versatile Raiders defensive lineman, received a pointer before Tuesday’s practice. He applied it with success against the Lions’ talented rookie. It likely won’t be the last time Edwards performs the pass-rush move.

“I felt pretty good about that,” Edwards said of the practice period. “Really, I was just sitting there with Warren Sapp, and he taught me probably about 20 minutes before we got outside, and we just kept repeating it and repeating it. I tried it, and it worked. … (He said) to do a certain move, and once I do it, to sell it real good and rip.”

Edwards is a 2016 second-round draft pick out of Florida State. He is expected to see more work as an interior rusher in coordinator Paul Guenther’s defense.

Sapp, a Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive tackle, played under coach Jon Gruden with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before finishing his career in Oakland.

Restraint

At times, the tension was palpable.

The Raiders and Lions collaborated on an 11-on-11 kickoff drill, each side taking its turn to plow through blockers and touch off on the return man. The Raiders brought the physicality in coverage. When they received, wide receiver Dwayne Harris fielded the first return and sprinted down the left sideline before trailing into the out-of-bounds area.

That’s when Lions cornerback Nevin Lawson thumped him to the ground.

Harris’ teammates did not like the contact. The two sides chattered and pushed some. Ultimately, the crowd parted without a full scuffle.

Brawls are relatively common in joint practices. None transpired Tuesday.

Reunited

During a physical 9-on-7 running game period, Raiders linebacker Tahir Whitehead stood with his current teammates while exchanging trash talk over the drill toward his former Lions ones, including running back Ameer Abdullah.

All in good fun.

Whitehead spent six years in Detroit. He signed a three-year, $19 million contract in March.

“Nothing’s changed,” Whitehead said. “When I was there, we did the exact same thing. We were going back and forth. It’s all competitive. We’re just trying to get each other better. This time, I’m in the black and silver.”

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