At Camp

Are we there yet?
The Raiders walked through another unexciting practice Sunday. The good news, for those wanting breaking developments, is this the fourth and final day of non-contact, "teaching intensive" practices at training camp.
The pads come on Monday, and so begins actual competition for starting jobs on both sides of the field.
Quarterback Jeff Garcia, for one, was resting up Sunday to give JaMarcus Russell a good push from here on out.
Garcia hardly practiced Sunday morning. This, after not throwing during Saturday's p.m. workout.
Garcia said he's fine, just staying fresh in advance of Monday's big practice. Raiders coach Tom Cable said this is how it'll be for Garcia at this late stage of his career.
"Kind of saving things for tomorrow to get out there and be fresh," Garcia said. "Being a little older these days, kind of letting the other guys get some good work and mental work and physical work. We're not doing a whole lot of throwing anyways."
** Lots of people are asking how rookie safety Mike Mitchell. The answer: as inactive as anyone else in practices where hitting, passing and executing plays is disallowed.
"A guy that's getting lined up right, making the right calls, really not too much again until we get rolling tomorrow," Cable said when asked what he was seeing of Mitchell.
** And yes, Cable noticed the players are ready to just hit someone. He'll have a talk with the team tonight to remind them these are their teammates, so not so rough.
"Like today, we did short-yardage goal line so the edge is there to not have the offense not get in the end zone and yet it's controlled," Cable said. "Yeah sure, they're itching. We want to light it up and have the purpose, the right kind of purpose behind it. The most important thing is to stress these are your teammates."
And this from Nnamdi Asomugha: "Intensity is good, though, and aggressiveness is good, and maybe there will be a fight or two. Maybe we'll get the juices flowing that way, but it will be good."
** Passes aren't thrown in team drills, but it's worth noting Darrius Heyward-Bey is almost always with the first-team offense and almost always covered by Asomugha.
** Speaking of competition, Cable said that, yes, he will still consider moving the loser at left tackle over to right tackle to compete with Cornell Green during camp.
So far, Green is taking all the first-team snaps with Erik Pears exclusively on the second team.
** No Derrick Burgess update from Cable as the holdout reaches Day 5. He can be fined up to $15,888 a day for not showing up to camp while under contract.
If Al Davis doesn't go ahead and cut Burgess soon, the former Pro Bowl defensive end may end up reporting if only because the fines pile up.
** Unusual drill of the day: the Raiders ran a 2-minute offense, except they never threw the ball.
How? The play would develop for about 3 seconds, a whistle gets blown and Cable yells out a result.
"First down, gain of 10, out of bounds!" "Gain of 9, second down!"
The Raiders weren't perfect in the simulated drill. "That's a sack!"
The imaginary highlight was Todd Watkins' 20-yard gain on the left sideline against Asomugha.
** Wondering if this camp format is going to translate on the field? We'll see over the next eight practices after today. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/raiders/detail?&entry_id=44758#ixzz0ND1FwQQM