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Rookie's performance leads to promotion

By Len Pasquarelli
ESPN.com

Thursday, September 16, 2004

Exactly half of the 32 first-round picks in the 2004 draft started their teams' season openers, the most in at least the past five years, and that number will grow by at least one come Sunday afternoon. Raiders offensive lineman Robert Gallery, the draft's second overall choice, is slated to make his first NFL start at right tackle when Oakland hosts the Buffalo Bills. He replaces third-year veteran Langston Walker, who moves into the swing role Gallery filled last week. Walker still figures to ...

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