Las Vegas Raiders third-year offensive tackle Thayer Munford Jr. earned some valuable starting experience last season, but what will his role be going forward?
After former Las Vegas Raiders offensive tackle Jermaine Eluemunor left town to join the New York Giants in free agency, the Silver and Black were presented with a glaring need at the offensive tackle position.
With all the talk of the Raiders needing to add to their offensive tackle room in this year's NFL Draft, Thayer Munford Jr.'s name somewhat disappeared amidst all the discussion."Have not forgotten ," Telesco said after the draft."No, it's funny because last week - I've had a lot of time, because the players right now it's phase one so they're lifting and they're conditioning, there's not like football work.
"And I love the fact that he got some good snaps under his belt last year, so now we're really excited about where he can go as a player. We need to be eight to nine deep in that offensive line, and I think he can be a big part of that from what I've seen on tape last year and then just a little bit of watching him. You don't see big guys that can really move like that, so it's pretty exciting.
"Typically, you're dressing eight offensive linemen, the more they can do the better because we know there's going to be injuries during the year. But no, we see him more as a right tackle. Big frame, long arms, really productive college player. I mean, he'd just block the guy in front of him very consistently. To keep it real general, guy over him, run game, pass game, blocked his man.
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