It took a few weeks, but Desean Jackson showed on Sunday that he’s finding his way in the Raiders offense. And his presence showed how important the offense needed him.
The veteran receiver had seen a combined 25 snaps in his first two games with the team and put up just one catch for 38 yards and fumbled that catch. Sunday in Dallas, he saw a season-high 42 snaps (48%). He hadn’t put up that many snaps in a game even through seven games with the Rams this season.
With those snaps, he caught three passes for 102 yards and a touchdown. He also drew two pass interference penalties that both led to points for the Raiders.
If it wasn’t already clear in the Raiders’ three-game losing streak how much this offense was missing a deep threat, Jackson’s emergence Sunday should shine a bright spotlight on that fact.
It should also tell you that Jackson has still got the goods to be that guy.
| OFFENSE | Spec Tms | ||||
| Player | Pos | Num | Pct | Num | Pct |
| Brandon Parker | T | 87 | 100% | 8 | 19% |
| Alex Leatherwood | T | 87 | 100% | 8 | 19% |
| John Simpson | G | 87 | 100% | 8 | 19% |
| Kolton Miller | T | 87 | 100% | 8 | 19% |
| Andre James | C | 87 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Derek Carr | QB | 86 | 99% | 0 | 0% |
| Foster Moreau | TE | 77 | 89% | 27 | 64% |
| Hunter Renfrow | WR | 64 | 74% | 8 | 19% |
| Bryan Edwards | WR | 63 | 72% | 1 | 2% |
| Zay Jones | WR | 60 | 69% | 11 | 26% |
| Josh Jacobs | RB | 57 | 66% | 1 | 2% |
| DeSean Jackson | WR | 42 | 48% | 0 | 0% |
| Darren Waller | TE | 21 | 24% | 0 | 0% |
| Kenyan Drake | RB | 16 | 18% | 1 | 2% |
| Daniel Helm | TE | 14 | 16% | 19 | 45% |
| Jalen Richard | RB | 14 | 16% | 11 | 26% |
| Sutton Smith | FB | 6 | 7% | 15 | 36% |
| Marcus Mariota | QB | 2 | 2% | 0 | 0% |
| DEFENSE | Spec Tms | ||||
| Player | Pos | Num | Pct | Num | Pct |
| Trevon Moehrig | FS | 74 | 100% | 23 | 55% |
| Johnathan Abram | SS | 74 | 100% | 12 | 29% |
| Casey Hayward | CB | 74 | 100% | 2 | 5% |
| Denzel Perryman | LB | 71 | 96% | 0 | 0% |
| Maxx Crosby | DE | 66 | 89% | 6 | 14% |
| Nate Hobbs | CB | 59 | 80% | 16 | 38% |
| Yannick Ngakoue | DE | 58 | 78% | 0 | 0% |
| Cory Littleton | LB | 53 | 72% | 16 | 38% |
| Quinton Jefferson | DT | 53 | 72% | 6 | 14% |
| Brandon Facyson | CB | 52 | 70% | 13 | 31% |
| Solomon Thomas | DT | 42 | 57% | 6 | 14% |
| Johnathan Hankins | NT | 38 | 51% | 6 | 14% |
| Dallin Leavitt | FS | 22 | 30% | 33 | 79% |
| Desmond Trufant | CB | 22 | 30% | 3 | 7% |
| Clelin Ferrell | DE | 17 | 23% | 15 | 36% |
| K.J. Wright | LB | 15 | 20% | 0 | 0% |
| Damion Square | NT | 13 | 18% | 0 | 0% |
| Carl Nassib | DE | 8 | 11% | 2 | 5% |
| Amik Robertson | CB | 3 | 4% | 8 | 19% |
| SPECIAL TEAMS | Spec Tms | ||||
| Player | Pos | Num | Pct | Num | Pct |
| Marquel Lee | LB | 0 | 0% | 33 | 79% |
| Divine Deablo | LB | 0 | 0% | 27 | 64% |
| Patrick Onwuasor | LB | 0 | 0% | 20 | 48% |
| Dillon Stoner | WR | 0 | 0% | 17 | 40% |
| Daniel Carlson | K | 0 | 0% | 17 | 40% |
| Trent Sieg | LS | 0 | 0% | 13 | 31% |
| AJ Cole III | P | 0 | 0% | 13 | 31% |
| Roderic Teamer | CB | 0 | 0% | 11 | 26% |
| Nick Martin | C | 0 | 0% | 8 | 19% |
| Jermaine Eluemunor | G | 0 | 0% | 8 | 19% |