Nov 11, 2012; Baltimore, MD, USA; Oakland Raiders long snapper Jon Condo (59) during the game against the Baltimore Ravens at M

Recent reports indicate that the Oakland Raiders have re-signed their long snapper Jon Condo to a three-year contract extension. Reggie McKenzie is slowly starting to make some good moves by re-signing kicker Sebastian Janikowski, and now longsnapper Jon Condo, who is nearing his 100th career game.

Condo is in his seventh season out of Maryland, and along with Janikowski, whose contract extension was announced Friday, will return to the Raiders for this season and the next one as well. Selected to the Pro Bowl following in the 2009 and 2011 seasons, Condo was a snapper as a college linebacker at Maryland.

The new contracts for these two, Janikowski and Condo, to go with the signing of return specialist Josh Cribbs, along with the addition of special teams coach Bobby April, show the significance the Raiders are putting on their special teams. These moves in the past week were all steps in the right direction, which the Raiders organization hasn’t done in past years.



Official press release on LS @JonCondo signing a three-year contract extension. http://t.co/HmKvV4xhNW — OAKLAND RAIDERS (@RAIDERS) August 4, 2013

The Raiders are now set in the kicking division and are looking to take a step in the right direction this next season, which will likely be another of rebuilding. Hopefully, they’ll be able to make some future-focused decisions after this season.