Asomugha missed practices with a sore right foot and played sparingly against Tennessee, although X-rays were negative.

"Right now it hurts when I walk," Asomugha said. "It definitely hurts breaking on the football. I'll continue to be limited in whatever I'm doing but I don't think it's a big issue."

Hall, meanwhile, has been playing with a cast on his right hand. He told the San Francisco Chronicle there was a broken bone in his hand, but Lane Kiffin wasn't so sure.

"The only thing we know for sure is it is a bruise," Kiffin said. "It's a bruise with a possible sprain. There has been nothing so far that's said it's broken."

By game time against the Titans, the new diagnosis was a torn tendon, with Hall sitting it out.

"I know something hurts. We're just trying to get to the bottom of it," Hall said. "I still can't touch anything. I can't put my hand down. It's still very painful."

--Tackle Mario Henderson, a third-round draft pick in 2006, continues to struggle and get pointed barbs from Kiffin.

With Kwame Harris' status up in the air with a sore shoulder, Kiffin addressed the possibility that Henderson could be his starting left tackle.

"If he doesn't play, super Mario would start on JaMarcus' backside and that will be interesting vs. (Kyle) Vanden Bosch," Kiffin said with an extremely dry sarcasm.

As it turned out, Harris started against the Titans and played well. Henderson, however was in the game late when defensive end David Ball, out of football last year, blew in untouched around the left tackle and flattened backup Andrew Walter, giving the quarterback a bloody nose.

--Wide receiver Javon Walker dropped the first pass thrown his way against the Titans and missed another opportunity for a catch when JaMarcus Russell threw over his head, subjecting him to a shot in the ribs.

But Walker's practice sessions have improved of late and he seemed in good spirits. When Walker floated the idea of retiring early in camp and returning his signing bonus, only to be talked out of it by Al Davis, coach Lane Kiffin conceded he was concerned about the receiver's state of mind.

"I've been very critical of Javon throughout this camp and the offseason and he's had a string right here of the best practices he's had," Kiffin said. "He looks to be in the right frame of mind lately so if we can continue to work on that and push that, it's going in a positive direction."

Walker, who was smiling and joking with sideline observers during practice when forced to run a penalty lap for a false start, said he weighs 206 pounds -- his lightest as a professional -- and laughed when asked about the difficulties of training camp in light of his retirement offer.

"Obviously if you can make it through training camp, the hard part is done," Walker said. "Why make it through training camp and stop now? You made it through the hard part, the fun part is about to start. I'm looking forward to that and hopefully being a part of the turnaround we can hopefully have this year and hopefully have a big year."

Then Walker dropped a slant pass on third-and-2 to open the Titans game and found himself back in Kiffin's doghouse.

Also referring to a sideline fade route that got by Walker in the preseason opener against the 49ers, Kiffin said, "For him not to make those plays or the first game there was a fade that we throw to him that he didn't go up and get, that's discouraging because he was paid an awful lot of money, paid like one of the top five receivers in the NFL. We need him to make those plays."

--Adam Archuleta, who played well with the St. Louis Rams for five years but washed out in both Washington and Chicago as a strong safety, was signed by the Raiders and will be given a shot at linebacker.

"It's been in the back of my mind for awhile," Archuleta said about the position switch. "Once I got released from the Bears, I decided I wanted to (play linebacker). I enjoy playing in the box. That's what gets me jazzed up, so I decided I was going to try and make a run at linebacker."

Archuleta is 5-11 and listed at 225 pounds. He concedes 225 may be a bit high and that in recent weeks he was at "215 or 216."

Not a problem, Archuleta said.

"You've got to be smart, use your speed," Archuleta said. "I played four years at (Arizona State) at 200 pounds. I played in the box my whole NFL career ... being down there with the big boys is nothing new to me."

Regarding his quick stops in Washington and Chicago, Archuleta made no excuses.

"It was just a matter of not taking advantage of my opportunities and here I am," Archuleta said. "It just didn't work out. I just didn't play very well."

--Darren McFadden is human, after all. He rebounded with 44 yards on six carries against Tennessee, including a 26-yard bolt just before the half that set up a 56-yard field goal by Aaron Elling, but went into the game with three subpar practice sessions.

"I wouldn't say they've been as good as I've had," McFadden said of practices that included a pair of fumbles and some dropped passes. "You have your up days and your down days. I had a down day."

Coach Lane Kiffin thought McFadden was simply getting fatigued, both mentally and physically.

"He's made some normal mistakes that rookies make over the last few practices," Kiffin said. "It will be good to see him rebound. He's getting tired, he's getting overloaded with a lot of plays and that's how it should be right now."

QUOTE TO NOTE: "You'd like to be in camp longer. You're in camp for only one game so you don't know where you're at as a team." Coach Lane Kiffin, on the relatively short 21-day duration of Raiders training camp.