The Raiders got some bad news on Tuesday as their rookie cornerback in Damon Arnette is expected to miss some time with a re-aggravation of his thumb injury. Arnette left the field before halftime, grabbing his taped up hand.
Arnette originally injured his thumb before the team’s Week 1 game in practice. But the training staff was able to design a cast around his thumb to protect him. Unfortunately, that was only a short-term solution as he re-injured that thumb in Week 3 against the Patriots.
According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, Arnette is visiting a thumb specialist to see how to correct the injury. Per Rapoport, the injury could sideline him for up to six games and the team could decide to put him on the injured reserve list.
Bad news for the #Raiders defense: 1st-round CB Damon Arnette is visiting a thumb specialist today after falling awkwardly on it Sunday, sources say. The thumb re-injury could sideline him for a month & a half & put him on Injured Reserve. He’ll find out soon if it’s worst-case.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 29, 2020
Arnette had played well in the team’s last two contests after a rough Week 1 game against the Carolina Panthers. If he is not available to play in Week 4, expect the likes of Nevin Lawson and Isaiah Johnson to get more looks on the outside opposite of Trayvon Mullen.
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