LAS VEGAS ([FOX5](http://fox5vegas.com/)) — The Raiders honored more than 300 alumni in Las Vegas this past weekend, celebrating players representing every decade of the franchise from 1960 to 2021.
Four-time Pro Bowler and former Raiders offensive lineman Richie Incognito attended the event and spoke about what it means to be part of the organization’s alumni network.
“It’s great that we get to come back here and celebrate as alumni and get together,” Incognito said. “I was so proud to wear the silver and black, and I’m still so proud to be ingrained in this organization, be able to mentor these young guys, work with this young offensive line, and it’s great. Mr. Davis treats us the best. No other organization in the league does this. We have over 300 guys and it’s just awesome to see everybody check in and have a couple cocktails, a couple cigars, and talk about when we were great.”
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Incognito said the alumni event brought together players from multiple eras of Raiders football.
“The stories are so great,” Incognito said. “Just going back to talking to the guys that came up with one of the Super Bowls, it’s Marcus Allen, it’s Willie Gault. It’s all the greats, right? These are Hall of Fame guys, legends. So to be able to represent the Raiders along with them, it’s really, really special.”
Team feels different under Kubiak
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Incognito, who attended practice this offseason, said the team feels different heading into the regular season under first-year head coach Klint Kubiak.
“This year does feel different,” Incognito said. “It’s one of those things where Kubiak is all ball. Everybody you talk to, he’s all ball all the time. He grew up, he’s a lifer. His dad, Gary, won the Super Bowls and was around forever. So coming to practice, I was really excited just to see what it looks like. And it looks like a professional practice. And it hasn’t looked like that in a couple years.”
Incognito said the offensive line has drawn a hardworking group of players who have not always received the coaching or results to match their effort.
“This group of guys is incredibly hardworking,” Incognito said. “They weren’t getting the results and they weren’t getting the coaching. They weren’t getting the feedback. So now you got Rick Dennison coaching up that offensive line. I played for Rico in Buffalo. He’s a great coach. He’s hands on with these guys. He can coach at a high level. It’s been awesome, man. It’s all back to ball.”
Right guard competition continues
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Roster cut-down day has passed, but a handful of starting jobs remain open with the regular season less than two weeks away. Jackson Powers-Johnson and Caleb Rogers are competing for the starting right guard spot.
Incognito, who has worked with both players, said the competition is raising the level of play at the position.
“It’s awesome that we’re having a competition at the right guard spot,” Incognito said. “I really feel like this year we have some depth pieces, and we’ve got a lot of young guys that we can develop and get in the game, get some reps. And I’m really high on them, but having a competition at right guard raises each guy’s level of play and these guys are competing every day, rep to rep. Every rep matters.”
Incognito said both players have an opportunity in front of them.
“For JPJ and Caleb, the opportunity is right there in front of them,” Incognito said. “One of them has to seize it. They’ve got to play fundamentally sound. They’ve got to play hard. They’ve got to play with an edge. They’re two great guys. I think they’re actually two guys that can play at a high level in this league if they just keep further developing, get the mental stuff down, and really turn into pros.”
Dennison’s experience stands out
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Incognito pointed to offensive line coach Rick Dennison’s experience and history working with the Denver Broncos and across the NFL. Incognito said he played for Dennison in Buffalo during the 2017 season, when the team broke a playoff drought.
“Experience. Knowledge,” Incognito said. “This guy, he’s coached some of the great offensive lines with the Broncos and all across the NFL. He was our offensive coordinator in Buffalo the year we broke the playoff drought in 2017, and we had a really good relationship with him because coming into that season, we had led the league in rushing, yards per rush, touchdowns for two seasons in a row. He came in and he installed a different system. It was a little bit more wide zone based.”
Incognito said he and his teammates worked with Dennison to incorporate their preferred blocking schemes.
“I just remember going to Rico and being like, hey, we’re really good at the pin and pull. I feel comfortable with this. Our center likes this. Our tackle likes this, and he was able to incorporate that stuff. And that’s really rare. Offensive coordinators usually have their system. They want to run it and you guys just do your job. So having that collaboration with Rico and then him giving us the freedom to go out there and call those plays, and then we had huge success on him. We’re working off huge runs. Rico’s a lifer. He’s a great coach, and he’s perfect for these guys right now because they’re young, they’re hungry. Feed them the technique, feed them the fundamentals, and then we cut them loose.”
The Raiders open the regular season at Allegiant Stadium in less than two weeks.
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