Raiders’ Penn to start training camp on sideline

ALAMEDA – Incumbent left tackle Donald Penn isn’t yet cleared to practice and will begin training camp on the Raiders’ active/physically unable to perform list, the team announced Tuesday.

Penn arrived with the rookies on Monday in Napa, per videos released by the team, but still hasn’t fully healed from December Lisfranc surgery that cost him the final two games of the 2017 regular season. He participated in Oakland’s workouts earlier in the offseason in a limited fashion.

The Raiders also placed second-year defensive tackle Eddie Vanderdoes (knee) and rookie defensive tackle P.J. Hall (undisclosed) on the PUP list to start camp.

All three players still count toward the 90-man roster total.

Penn’s sidelining opens the door for rookie left tackle Kolton Miller, who the Raiders took 15th overall in April’s draft. Miller always figured to be strong competition for the starting left tackle job given Penn’s age (35) and the fact he was coming off surgery, but now Miller really has a chance to show his stuff on Derek Carr’s blindside.

Oakland has arguably the best interior offensive line in the league with Kelechi Osemele, Rodney Hudson and Gabe Jackson, but question marks remain at the tackle spots.

Vanderdoes suffered a torn ACL in last season’s finale, and is still working back from surgery. Hall’s presence on the PUP