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ALAMEDA, Calif. Mario Yepes Colombia Jersey . - Oakland linebacker Miles Burris practiced for the first time since undergoing knee surgery in January, and second-round pick Menelik Watson joined him on the field after missing nearly a month. Slowly but surely, the line in the Raiders training room is thinning out. The timing is right, too. Coach Dennis Allens team is in the midst of a five-week stretch playing against opponents with sub-.500 records. The Raiders have won two of their last three and can get back to a break-even point by beating Philadelphia on Sunday. "I thought both of those guys looked fairly decent out there at practice," Allen said Wednesday. "Well continue to evaluate them as the week goes on but that was good to see, to have those guys back out there. Those guys can help us." The Raiders have had a long list of injured players almost since the season began, most of them offensive linemen. The outlook is a bit more promising now. Getting Watson, the 42nd overall pick in the draft, back to practice gives Oakland some much-needed depth up front. Starting right tackle Tony Pashos and backup centre/left guard Andre Gurode both sat out last weeks win over the Pittsburgh Steelers while hurt. Even left tackle Jared Veldheer, out since early in training camp, received encouraging news regarding his triceps injury. Veldheer flew to Los Angeles earlier this week to meet with his doctor and was told his recovery is right on track. "Everythings going good," said Veldheer, who had started 42 consecutive games for the Raiders before getting hurt during a training camp practice. "Its on track with everything. Its getting close, thats the exciting part." Burris started 15 games as a rookie in 2012 but had been on the physically unable to perform list before getting cleared to practice this week. The Raiders now have three weeks to decide whether to add Burris to the 53-man roster. They have an exemption on the 2012 fourth-round draft pick until then. "(Were) getting an opportunity to get him out here and actually go through some football activity and see where hes at movement-wise, see where hes at conditioning-wise," Allen said. "That will be a big factor as to when and if we decide to bring him up to the active roster." Burris set a franchise rookie record with 138 tackles last season while playing weakside linebacker. Now hes taking reps at all three linebacker positions and will