New quarterback?

Geno Smith reporting for duty.

New running backs?

The best ball carrier in the draft showed up on draft night - Heisman Trophy runner-up Ashton Jeanty - a month after blazingly fast veteran Raheem Mostert, who, oh yeah, led the NFL with 18 rushing touchdowns two years ago.

New offensive coordinator?

Paging Chip Kelly, whose offenses are as eclectic as they are electric.

A first-team All-Pro tight end in Brock Bowers and a first-time 1,000-yard WR1 in Jakobi Meyers returning to add some viability?

Indeed.

No doubt the Raiders used a trade, the draft and free agency to bolster their skill positions on offense.

And yet…

Add all the bells and whistles you want and, really, none of it matters if the grunts up front aren't on point as well. After all, they're the one who have to protect Smith long enough to give him time to find targets down the field, as well as open up holes for Jeanty and Co. to run through.

So yeah, the Raiders' reimagined (for the umpteenth time?) offensive line has a spotlight on it and the new spiritual leader of the group wouldn't have it any other way, especially with how much learning levity the guys in the trenches had in the offseason program.

"No, this isn't 'Love Island,'" laughed center Jackson Powers-Johnson, who is moving from left guard, during the Raiders' media day last month.

"We're just having fun playing football and all getting better. It all promotes a growth, and a really developmental mindset."

After a rookie minicamp, 10 OTA practices and a three-day mandatory minicamp under new coach Pete Carroll, you could scribble out on a cocktail napkin a starting offensive line and barely anyone paying attention through the spring would bat an eye.

Pencils ready, then?

Howze about grizzled vet Kolton Miller at left tackle, Dylan Parham at left guard (with Thayer Munford Jr. nipping at his heels), Powers-Johnson at center, free-agent signee Alex Cappa at right guard and DJ Glaze at right tackle entering training camp?

Keep in mind, the Raiders also drafted a pair of offensive linemen with back-to-back picks in the third round at Nos. 98 and 99 overall in guard Caleb Rogers and tackle Charles Grant as Las Vegas ended minicamp with 14 offensive linemen on the roster.

No, this latest incarnation of a Raiders O-line doesn't have to be the second coming of Art Shell, Gene Upshaw, Jim Otto, Steve Wisniewski and Lincoln Kennedy.

It just has to be better than it was last season, when the Raiders had the worst rushing attack in the NFL.

And so far, Miller, drafted in 2018 and on his fifth different head coach, likes what he's seen.

"The pieces we've added this offseason, the energy, the direction, Pete has really master crafted coming in and how to do things," Miller said. "And the guys, we're taking it and we're rolling. It's been really fun, and we've gotten so much … it's been really good, and I'm excited where we're headed.

"I love it."

Enough for the longest-tenured Raider to make long-term plans in Las Vegas?

Miller, entering a contract year, smiled broadly.

"Yeah, I want to be a Raider," he said. "I want to be a Raider for life. I love it here. I don't want to go anywhere else. I only know one way to do it, and that's showing up, getting better each day."

A content, and improved, Miller protecting Smith's blindside is a start.

But the offensive line revolves, literally and figuratively, around Powers-Johnson at center.

And knowing he was returning to the position he excelled at as college football's best center at Oregon was an offseason boon for him.

"It really shows that once you give somebody time to really focus on one thing, they can then focus on being the best on that one thing," said Powers-Johnson, who played 956 total offensive snaps in 2024, tied for fourth-most on the Raiders offense. In fact, he was one of just three rookie guards in the NFL to play more than 900 total offensive snaps last season. All after getting a late start to training camp by opening it on the PUP list.

"Me being able to play center, focus on center, shows my teammates that, OK, he's not this young guy anymore," he added. "I stay at center and show that I can do it at a high level, that instills confidence throughout the offense."

Here's the other thing about offensive linemen…the less you notice of them on the field during a game, the better the job they're doing.

Because shy of "pancake" blocks and getting beat for a sack, there are few tangible things an O-lineman can hang his helmet on, right?

Well…

"The landscape of offensive linemen is changing," Powers-Johnson insisted. "We're starting to talk about the blocking now. … We're the only position where, if we don't do our job, people are going to get physically hurt. My pride I take is my quarterback's healthy. My quarterback can go throw a football to his kid when he's older. My running back can run around with his kids. That goes on my hands."

Powers-Johnson spent his offseason working out with four-time Pro Bowl edge rusher and noted workout fiend Maxx Crosby, dropping 15 pounds and getting comfortable again not only with the center position, but being a vocal team leader.

Or did you miss him introducing himself to Jeanty after the draft as his center?

"O-line," Powers-Johnson said, "is where you need all five guys to be on the same page."

And, in the revamped Raiders offense, improved.