The Facts: HC Tom Cable said for the first time that Walker’s offseason knee surgery was “major” and that he was at least 10 to 14 days away from being taken off the Physically Unable to Perform list. “There’s a protocol that we’re following that was set as a date,” Cable said.

Diehards Line:Still, Tribune staffer Jerry McDonald reports that Walker, working with the training staff, has looked faster and stronger than at anytime since joining the Raiders. McDonald added, however; absorbing contact and putting practices together remains a huge step. But his progress doesn’t go unnoticed. "We all know he’s really coming on," Cable said. "So we just let it run its course. We don’t want to do anything that would set it back. That procedure was a major deal, so we want to take care of it.”