Oakland Raiders Monday odds and ends

September 22, 12:51 AMOakland Raiders ExaminerPatrick Patterson

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Just wrapping up a few things from player and coach availability time from the Oakland Raiders. 

• The injury to Robert Gallery will upset the balance of the offensive line. The strongest consideration is sliding Chris Morris over to guard and starting Samson Satele at center. However, Khalif Barnes, Erik Pears, and Paul McQuistan are options to cover at left guard. Cable said, "We've got to look at it like the plan to fix the next month where we can be productive that way."
• The ability to make the protection calls is vital to the Raider center, and is something that Satele has issues with.
• Don't expect to see Chaz Schilens back for the Denver game on Sunday to be the target that Russell needs. Coach Cable says that he is not ready yet. "I would say very, very little, although he is out of the boot and moving around. As we talked about last week, he'll do a little more this week. Out, as they told me Thursday, we'll see."
• Cable gave credit to Shane Lechler for his role in keeping the Raiders in the game. "Absolutely not. That's the guy that's in the Pro Bowl and may be one of the best punters to ever play the game. Think about the first two punts, how he absolutely changed the football game. The coverage was great, no question about that, but not only did he hit it deep, he hit it high and gave everybody a chance to get down there, too. You have to take your hat off to him."
• Cable didn't come out and say that the Raiders partied too much as Greg Ellis had during the  preseason. However, he did say that the Raiders need to immerse themselves in the game. "The adjustments are at work, in terms of the meetings and at practice, those type of things. I think when you're - and hopefully you'll understand what I'm saying - when you're as young as we are in some areas, you have to learn how this is your job and this has to consume you that way. It's not like when you leave the office you just check out and just go into the real world and do whatever. You don't do that in football. It's just not possible. I think we have to learn to embrace that mentality a little bit better."
• Cable wouldn't single out Russell when asked, but he said that Russell was part of the entire offense. Its not hard to read between the lines that Russell is still having some work-ethic issues.

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