Two Undrafted Free Agents Trying to Stand Out on O-Line

The Las Vegas Raiders' offensive line has been rather solid through two weeks of the preseason so far.

Part of that has been due to the play of undrafted free agents Dalton Wagner and McClendon Curtis, who are both looking to make names for themselves on the depth chart.

The two rookies were signed this spring. Together, they have formed a bond on and off the field, working to help each other have the best training camp and preseason they can.

"They're always here, they love football," Raiders Coach Josh McDaniels said when he spoke to the media in a virtual press conference Sunday. "Literally, the two of them are kind of joined at the hip, which is interesting because they've ended up playing quite a bit right beside one another also on the offensive line. But when you see them together, they're in the meal room together, they're in the meeting room together, they're on the practice field early together. They do a lot of things to try to help each other continue to grow as football players, which is great. They've shown some toughness in both of these preseason games, have continued to make some progress in practice relative to all the things that our offensive lineman are responsible for.

"So, all you can ask for from them now is that they give great effort to try to improve and fix the things that we're addressing, which both of them do. They're out there every day, their durability has been very good. They're tough guys, so a lot of positives in that regard, and we'll just continue to work with them and grow. And that's how a lot of really good football players, linemen, have created careers for themselves, and those two guys have a lot of great traits."

Wagner was with the University of Arkansas for six years, where he played five seasons.

In his final college season, the offensive tackle was named to Pro Football Focus' All-SEC First Team and the Associated Press' All-SEC Second Team.

Curtis spent six years with the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He was named a first-team All-American in his final season.

The Silver and Black return to preseason action when they play the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 26, at 8 p.m. EDT/5 p.m. PDT.

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