Last Friday, Jon Gruden said the two players he wanted to see most in the finale were his young defensive backs, Johnathan Abram and Damon Arnette. But that’s not really how it played out.
While Abram started and saw most of the defensive snaps, Arnette was rarely seen. Instead, it was Nevin Lawson who got the start at cornerback and missed just one snap in the game. While Arnette saw just 17 snaps (21%).
Lawson is set to hit free agency, so perhaps Gruden wanted to give him one more shot to help him decide whether to bring him back for another season. He had an up and down game in coverage and finished second on the team with nine combined tackles.
Gruden also praised Nicholas Morrow for being possibly the team’s best linebacker this season. He too is coming up on free agency. Morrow led the team in tackles (10). Meanwhile, despite the absence of Nick Kwiatkoski at middle linebacker, Raekwon McMillan saw his snaps drop back down. He played 29 snaps in the game (36%), logging four tackles and a pass breakup.
| Offense | Spec Tms | ||||
| Player | Pos | Num | Pct | Num | Pct |
| John Simpson | G | 69 | 100% | 4 | 12% |
| Kolton Miller | T | 69 | 100% | 4 | 12% |
| Gabe Jackson | G | 69 | 100% | 4 | 12% |
| Sam Young | T | 69 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Derek Carr | QB | 69 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Rodney Hudson | C | 69 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Darren Waller | TE | 60 | 87% | 0 | 0% |
| Hunter Renfrow | WR | 51 | 74% | 4 | 12% |
| Nelson Agholor | WR | 44 | 64% | 0 | 0% |
| Josh Jacobs | RB | 38 | 55% | 0 | 0% |
| Henry Ruggs III | WR | 36 | 52% | 2 | 6% |
| Zay Jones | WR | 26 | 38% | 0 | 0% |
| Bryan Edwards | WR | 19 | 28% | 0 | 0% |
| Devontae Booker | RB | 17 | 25% | 11 | 33% |
| Jason Witten | TE | 16 | 23% | 0 | 0% |
| Foster Moreau | TE | 14 | 20% | 17 | 52% |
| Theo Riddick | RB | 14 | 20% | 0 | 0% |
| Alec Ingold | FB | 9 | 13% | 17 | 52% |
| Derek Carrier | TE | 1 | 1% | 23 | 70% |
| Defense | Spec Tms | ||||
| Player | Pos | Num | Pct | Num | Pct |
| Cory Littleton | LB | 80 | 100% | 15 | 45% |
| Nicholas Morrow | LB | 80 | 100% | 3 | 9% |
| Nevin Lawson | CB | 79 | 99% | 17 | 52% |
| Maxx Crosby | DE | 78 | 98% | 10 | 30% |
| Johnathan Abram | SS | 75 | 94% | 8 | 24% |
| Jeff Heath | SS | 60 | 75% | 28 | 85% |
| Johnathan Hankins | DT | 50 | 62% | 7 | 21% |
| Maliek Collins | DT | 48 | 60% | 8 | 24% |
| Lamarcus Joyner | CB | 48 | 60% | 0 | 0% |
| Trayvon Mullen | CB | 46 | 57% | 5 | 15% |
| Carl Nassib | DE | 41 | 51% | 0 | 0% |
| Arden Key | DE | 39 | 49% | 10 | 30% |
| Daryl Worley | CB | 31 | 39% | 0 | 0% |
| Raekwon McMillan | LB | 29 | 36% | 28 | 85% |
| Kendal Vickers | DT | 27 | 34% | 9 | 27% |
| Chris Smith | DE | 22 | 28% | 1 | 3% |
| Keisean Nixon | CB | 19 | 24% | 24 | 73% |
| Damon Arnette | CB | 17 | 21% | 0 | 0% |
| Vic Beasley | LB | 10 | 12% | 0 | 0% |
| Kyle Wilber | LB | 1 | 1% | 29 | 88% |
| Special Teams | Spec Tms | ||||
| Player | Pos | Num | Pct | Num | Pct |
| Dallin Leavitt | FS | 0 | 0% | 27 | 82% |
| Daniel Carlson | K | 0 | 0% | 10 | 30% |
| James Onwualu | LB | 0 | 0% | 9 | 27% |
| AJ Cole III | P | 0 | 0% | 8 | 24% |
| Trent Sieg | LS | 0 | 0% | 8 | 24% |
| Andre James | C | 0 | 0% | 4 | 12% |
| Brandon Parker | T | 0 | 0% | 4 | 12% |
| Erik Magnuson | C | 0 | 0% | 4 | 12% |
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