Christian Wilkins

Vegas Nation’s Vinny Bonsignore reports that “the feeling” is that DT Christian Wilkins (foot) “should be ready by August” after suffering a setback in his recovery.

Bonsignore’s sources were unable to identify the exact nature of Wilkins’ Jones fracture setback, but Bonsignore says “it essentially comes down to the screw breaking or (in the rare case) he rebroke the bone.” That’s not good. Earlier today, Raiders head coach Pete Carroll told reporters that “this has been a difficult recovery” for Wilkins and he is, unfortunately, “not ready” to resume practicing. Carroll provided an ambiguous expected return date, saying, “there’s a lot of time—and we’re going to take every bit of it.”