Raiders break camp

Oakland Raiders coach Lane Kiffin kept his football team very busy on their final day of training camp in Napa. The itinerary for Wednesday didn't give the team much down time. There was a 6:45 a.m. wake-up call at the Napa Valley Marriott. This was followed by breakfast and treatment. From 7 to 8:40 a.m., it was tape and dress, followed by a special teams practice at 8:40. Practice No. 26 began at 9 a.m. and ran until 10:50 a.m. at Redwood Middle School. Afterward, it was more of the same as the Raiders, who opened the preseason with a win over San Francisco last week, continued to prepare for the 2008 NFL season. From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., it was lunch and treatment. There was a 1:15 p.m. special teams meeting, team offense and defense meetings at 2 p.m., and supper/treatment from 4-5 p.m. Then it was tape and dress from 4:30-5:40 p.m., followed by a special teams practice at 5:40 p.m., and practice No. 27 at 6 p.m. It was dinner and treatment at 7:30 p.m. Curfew and bed check was at 11:15 p.m. For the Raiders, the last four weeks have been about installing their systems, both offensively and defensively. "I was really pleased through the beginning and the middle of camp," Kiffin said after the morning practice yesterday. "I thought the last two days prior to today we hit a lull, which is to be expected but not to be accepted. That was disappointing. "We started turning the ball over too much (Tuesday), which is a credit to our defense. Today, there was only one (turnover) at the end of practice." Oakland plays its second game of the preseason at Tennessee Friday in a nationally televised contest on Fox-Channel 2 at 5 p.m. "You'd like to be in camp later," said Kiffin. "You're in camp for one game, so you really don't know where you're at as a team." He said Tennessee, which he called a big, physical team, presents several challenges as the Titans come at you with a pass rush, they stop the run and they run the ball themselves. "It's a perfect team for us to be playing right now, in my opinion," said Kiffin. Don't look for the Raiders to open up their playbook in this game or in the two other preseason games. "I have a difficult issue with the preseason as far has what we do, because I don't do very much on offense," said Kiffin. "We're very, very boring with the formations and different plays. I err on the side of saving stuff and not being concerned about the results of games." Kiffin said he's more concerned about where is team is at once the regular season begins. Kicking game Kiffin was planning on taking a look at another punter, as Shane Lechler will be out 7-10 days after suffering an injury to his quadriceps in practice Tuesday. Sebastian Janikowski (kicker), Darrell Strong (tight end), Arman Shields (wide receiver) and John Bowie (cornerback) will all miss this week's game. The Raiders will most likely sign another punter, Kiffin said. Passing game The Raiders spent a lot of time on their passing game Wednesday. JaMarcus Russell looked sharp at quarterback, locating his receivers and getting the ball to them. "He's doing the things right in practice," said Kiffin. "The next two games will be a big test for him to see where he's at. All the stuff out here he's taking care of, now let's see if he can carry it over into the game. Carrying it over is obviously going to have a lot to do with our success." Making big catches in practice were John Madsen and Zach Miller (tight ends) along with Drew Carter, Johnnie Lee Higgins, Ronald Curry and Chaz Schilens (wide receivers). Odds and ends Three NFL officials worked the morning practice. ... Kiffin on cornerback Stanford Routt: "He's had a really good camp and has pushed himself." ... Workers started moving weight-lifting equipment into moving vans parked near the team's fieldhouse..