DJ Glaze, the Las Vegas Raiders’ third‑year right tackle, devoted the recent NFL offseason to sharpening his conditioning and hand work through boxing sessions.
“Trying to get my hands going,” Glaze said Saturday greeting astatine Intermountain Health Performance Center. “Start the combat faster. I deliberation boxing truly helped with it.”
Finish it stronger. Helps with that, too.
Glaze is again taking first‑team reps and is slated to start for a third consecutive season after being selected in the third round of the 2024 draft. His 2023 performance — ranking 65th among 89 qualified offensive tackles according to Pro Football Focus — prompted the offseason focus. Over the first nine practices of training camp he has been steadying the right side of the line.
He started 17 games in 2023 and 14 as a rookie, developing under offensive line coach Rick Dennison.
“DJ is truly moving hard. Everyday there’s small things,” Dennison said. “… He does person large length. I mean, helium uses his limb magnitude truly good and he’s moving truly hard at it. He’s made immoderate progress, but conscionable similar the remainder of them, there’s things we’ve got to get amended at.”
At 6‑foot‑4 and 331 pounds, Glaze was part of an offensive line that was described as underprepared, overmatched and