{"id":146284,"date":"2025-06-21T01:14:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T01:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/146284\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T01:14:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T01:14:12","slug":"we-hit-79-in-our-raiders-countdown-to-kickoff-who-wore-it-best-and-whos-wearing-it-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/146284\/","title":{"rendered":"We hit 79 in our Raiders countdown to kickoff. Who wore it best and who&#8217;s wearing it now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve reached 79 days until the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/las-vegas-raiders\/341\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Raiders;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Raiders<\/a> season opener at Foxboro against the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-england-patriots\/348\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Patriots;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Patriots<\/a>, With our countdown at 79 days we take a look at who currently dons the number in Silver &amp; Black and who has brought it the most distinction.<\/p>\n<p>No. 79Who&#8217;s wearing it now: DL\/OL Laki Tasi<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/las-vegas-raiders\/341\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Raiders;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Raiders<\/a> International Player Pathway program roster exemption. Tasi is a Somoan who played Rugby in Australia. The 6-6, 348-pounder came to the Raiders this offseason as an interior defensive lineman, but has been getting some reps on the offensive line thus far as the Raiders try to find a spot where he has his best shot at eventually making a roster. I noticed him lining up at left guard in minicamp.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Dec 6, 1970; Flushing, NY, USA; FILE PHOTO; New York Jets defensive ends Mark Lomas (81), Gerry Philbin (81), and defensive back Mike Battle (48) and Los Angeles Raiders tackle Harry Schuh (79) go after a losse ball at Shea Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Manny Rubio-USA TODAY Sports\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"665\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/f8e747038b2cb9db666c84f3484a48b1.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dec 6, 1970; Flushing, NY, USA; FILE PHOTO; New York Jets defensive ends Mark Lomas (81), Gerry Philbin (81), and defensive back Mike Battle (48) and Los Angeles Raiders tackle Harry Schuh (79) go after a losse ball at Shea Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Manny Rubio-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n<p>Who wore it best: RT Harry Schuh<\/p>\n<p>Schuh was the Raiders full time starting right tackle from 1966-70. In that time, he was named to three Pro Bowls and was a first team All Pro in 1969. He also never missed a game, including four trips to the playoffs. He was the Raiders starting right tackle on their 1967 AFL Championship team when they lost to the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/green-bay-packers\/335\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Green Bay Packers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Green Bay Packers<\/a> in Super Bowl II.<\/p>\n<p>Honorable Mention: LT Bruce Davis<\/p>\n<p>Davis was part of the Raiders last two Super Bowl winning teams, including as their starting left tackle for Super Bowl XVIII. All told, he spent nine years in Silver &amp; Black, appearing in 121 games with 76 starts.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Raiders Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/raiderswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/raiders\/2025\/06\/20\/raiders-countdown-to-kickoff-no-79-who-wore-it-best-wearing-it-now\/84292520007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Raiders countdown to kickoff No. 79: Who wore it best, wearing it now;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Raiders countdown to kickoff No. 79: Who wore it best, wearing it now<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We&#8217;ve reached 79 days until the Raiders season opener at Foxboro against the Patriots, With our countdown at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2065],"tags":[7,345,1744,393,2455,2454,6,525,14533,5654],"class_list":{"0":"post-146284","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-las-vegas-raiders","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-green-bay-packers","10":"tag-las-vegas","11":"tag-las-vegas-raiders","12":"tag-lasvegas","13":"tag-lasvegasraiders","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-raiders","16":"tag-silver-black","17":"tag-the-raiders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114718708121104592","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}