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Donald Penn ends his holdout

KANSAS CITY, MO - DECEMBER 08: Offensive tackle Donald Penn #72 of the Oakland Raiders gets set on the line of scrimmage against the Kansas City Chiefs during the first half on December 8, 2016 at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Peter G. Aiken/Getty Images)

  • Paul Gutierrez of ESPN has reported that Oakland Raiders offensive tackle Donald Penn has ended his holdout and reported to Oakland Raiders practice. Penn missed 26 days of training camp due to a dispute over his 2017 salary.
  • Penn joined the Raiders in 2014 and has ranked in the top 12 among offensive tackles each season since. In 2016, Penn’s PFF overall grade of 86.3 ranked 12th of 76 qualifying tackles.
  • Penn was one of only four offensive tackles to allow just one sack, while playing more than 350 pass blocking snaps in 2016. He surrendered just 28 total pressures on his 621 pass-blocking snaps, giving him a pass-blocking efficiency (the PFF metric that measures pressure allowed on per snap basis with weighting towards sacks) of 96.6, good for fifth among offensive tackles.

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