It wasn’t long into the Raiders’ season opener in Carolina that the injuries began to stack up. The first was right tackle Trent Brown, who left the game after three snaps and was replaced by Sam Young. But Sam Young didn’t last long either, playing just 15 snaps before he left with a groin injury and was replaced by reserve guard Denzelle Good.
Good would play 71% of the snaps at right tackle (45) and he wasn’t even supposed to be playing tackle at all. They simply had no choice. The most surprising thing was he didn’t give up a sack from the spot despite the last-second fill-in job.
Another injury the Raiders suffered was to linebacker Nick Kwiatkoski who left after 22 snaps. This shifted the green dot over to Cory Littleton. Getting most of the snaps in relief of Kwiatkoski was veteran Nicholas Morrow who played 46 snaps (69%). Newcomer Raekwon McMillan saw just six snaps on defense.
Morrow came up with a huge tackle late in the game to stop Christian McCaffrey short of the sticks and set up a 4th and one. Then it was McMillan who came up to make the stuff along with Clelin Ferrell and Cory Littleton to force the turnover on downs that essentially ended the game.
Other notable snap counts:
Maliek Collins played 70% of the snaps (47) to lead all interior defensive linemen.
Bryan Edwards led all receivers with 47 snaps (75%). He had just one catch in the game.
Johnathan Abram and Cory Littleton never left the field, playing 100% of the snaps on defense.
OFFENSE:
| Player | Position | Snaps | Percent |
| Kolton Miller | T | 63 | 100% |
| Gabe Jackson | G | 63 | 100% |
| Richie Incognito | G | 63 | 100% |
| Rodney Hudson | C | 63 | 100% |
| Derek Carr | QB | 63 | 100% |
| Darren Waller | TE | 56 | 89% |
| Josh Jacobs | RB | 49 | 78% |
| Bryan Edwards | WR | 47 | 75% |
| Denzelle Good | G | 45 | 71% |
| Henry Ruggs III | WR | 42 | 67% |
| Hunter Renfrow | WR | 30 | 48% |
| Jason Witten | TE | 28 | 44% |
| Alec Ingold | FB | 15 | 24% |
| Sam Young | T | 15 | 24% |
| Foster Moreau | TE | 12 | 19% |
| Nelson Agholor | WR | 12 | 19% |
| Zay Jones | WR | 9 | 14% |
| Devontae Booker | RB | 8 | 13% |
| Jalen Richard | RB | 7 | 11% |
| Trent Brown | T | 3 | 5% |
DEFENSE:
| Johnathan Abram | FS | 67 | 100% |
| Cory Littleton | LB | 67 | 100% |
| Erik Harris | SS | 65 | 97% |
| Trayvon Mullen | CB | 63 | 94% |
| Lamarcus Joyner | FS | 60 | 90% |
| Clelin Ferrell | DE | 52 | 78% |
| Maxx Crosby | DE | 51 | 76% |
| Damon Arnette | DB | 48 | 72% |
| Maliek Collins | DT | 47 | 70% |
| Nicholas Morrow | LB | 46 | 69% |
| Johnathan Hankins | DT | 39 | 58% |
| Arden Key | DE | 29 | 43% |
| Nick Kwiatkoski | LB | 22 | 33% |
| Carl Nassib | DE | 20 | 30% |
| Maurice Hurst Jr. | DT | 20 | 30% |
| Isaiah Johnson | CB | 16 | 24% |
| Kendal Vickers | DE | 9 | 13% |
| Keisean Nixon | CB | 6 | 9% |
| Raekwon McMillan | LB | 6 | 9% |
| Jeff Heath | SS | 3 | 4% |
| Kyle Wilber | LB | 1 | 1% |
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