on just how heavy the Raiders wanted Arden Key to be when they hit OTA’s. Head coach Jon Gruden said he wanted Key at 260 and perhaps ultimately at 270...." />Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesSilver And Black Pride homepageHorizontal - WhiteSilver And Black Pridean Oakland Raiders communityFollow Silver And Black Pride online:Follow Silver And Black Pride on TwitterFollow Silver And Black Pride on FacebookLog in or sign upLog InSign UpSite searchSearchSearchSilver And Black Pride main menuFanpostsFanshotsRaidersOddsAboutMastheadCommunity GuidelinesStubHubMoreAll 321 blogs on Horizontal - WhiteFanposts Fanshots Raiders StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Raiders NewsYahoo Raiders Team PageYahoo Raiders ReportYahoo Raiders Depth ChartYahoo Raiders TransactionsYahoo Raiders PhotosOdds About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub ✕Shoulder injury contributed to Arden Key ‘nerve wracking’ rookie season Hunter Renfrow Jersey 2019 , says he has hit Raiders weight gain goalNew,41commentsPDTShare this storyShare this on FacebookShare this on TwitterShareAll sharing optionsShareAll sharing options for:Shoulder injury contributed to Arden Key ‘nerve wracking’ rookie season, says he has hit Raiders weight gain goalTwitterFacebookRedditPocketFlipboardEmailOakland RaidersThere has been some contrasting views on just how heavy the Raiders wanted Arden Key to be when they hit OTA’s. Head coach Jon Gruden said he wanted Key at 260 and perhaps ultimately at 270. Defensive Coordinator Paul Guenther said he didn’t want Key a “slug” at 260, saying Key was right on track to where he wanted him.Regardless of the slight differences in where his coaches wanted him, Key was nowhere near it when he arrived at OTA’s last month, but says over the past few weeks he’s gotten where he needs to be.“I got bigger,” Key said at Wednesday’s minicamp practice. “When I reported for OTA’s I was 245. Coaches expected me to be a little heavier and now I’m at 260.”Coaches wanted him to come in about ten pounds heavier than he did. Guenther in particular had harped on Key getting stronger. He said several times that Key should have had 8-9 sacks last season, but couldn’t finish the deal. Key finished with just one sack which he got in week 6 against the Seahawks.The second year edge rusher sees a lot more than 8 or 9 missed opportunities and those moments have stuck with him as well as his new defensive line coach, Brentson Buckner.“It still means a lot,” said Key of those missed sacks. “And then Buck came and watched film and he had a whole clip of my almost 13 sacks (laughs). Whether I fell, slipped, the quarterback got away... So, it was very nerve wracking because I could have had a better first year, but hey we all learn from those mistakes.”Key’s rookie performance was especially disappointing because in training camp he looked utterly dominant. He routinely beat his man with outstanding technique and bend.One area Buckner noted was a major problem for Key had nothing to do with his actual rush at all.“That’s how Buck’s been teaching me. As far as my angles,” said Key. “He started off with I missed the sack by just my alignment. The ball isn’t even snapped yet, and I just missed the sack already by my alignment. Whether I was too wide Cheap Hunter Renfrow Jersey , too tight, or I didn’t turn my hips enough. . . I was already done before the ball was even snapped.”Contributing to his disappointing rookie campaign was a nagging shoulder injury which occurred in training camp. Key would have surgery on the shoulder in January which he described as a “cleanout. Nothing serious.” The rehab from that may have been part of the reason he was unable to get as strong as the Raiders coaches wanted him to be come OTA’s.Since he arrived at OTA’s, his regimen has been strict combining working out and eating a pretty steady diet of salmon, chicken, steak, broccoli, asparagus, and “a lot of rice.” He eats a regular breakfast and about 2500 calories over lunch and dinner combined.That seems to have done the trick to pack on 15 pounds in a month to get him up to 260. Now he needs to make sure he isn’t that “260-pound slug” Paul Guenther wants to avoid. From there he just needs to stay healthy and clean up his alignment issues and the Raiders may have the third down pass rusher they drafted him to be.Follow @LeviDamienRaiders add long snapper Trent Sieg, place Andrew DePaola on injured reserve Andrew DePaola was signed this offseason to be the replacement for longtime long snapper, Jon Condo. His first season with the Raiders lasted one play. On the Raiders first punt of the ball game, DePaola ran downfield to try and make the tackle and pulled up limp without contact. Tight end Lee Smith filled in admirably for DePaola at long snapper, with just one high snap that punter Johnny Townsend luckily was able to leap up, pull down, and get away without issue.It turns out DePaola tore his ACL and has no landed on injured reserve.To replace him the Raiders have signed long snapper Trent Sieg.The undrafted rookie out of Colorado State originally signed with the Baltimore Ravens. The 6-foot-3, 240-pounder appeared in 52 games for the CSU Rams without missing a snap.The team also made official the re-signing of WR Martavis Bryant and the waiving of WR Keon Hatcher.Follow @LeviDamien
