Meredith and second-year offensive lineman Jackson Powers-Johnson have alternated at first-team center. But lately, Meredith has taken the majority of starting reps at the position. On the unofficial depth chart, the Raiders have Meredith listed as the starting center while Powers-Johnson is at right guard.

Thursday’s preseason game between the Las Vegas Raiders and the Seattle Seahawks will not count at the end of the day, but the storylines surrounding it deliver serious intrigue.

Las Vegas Raiders coach Pete Carroll is not publicly dwelling on nostalgia as he returns to Seattle, even if it marks his first time back on the opposing sideline. Carroll faces the Seahawks in the preseason opener Thursday night at Lumen Field,