The game in Las Vegas was pretty insulting early in the fourth quarter. Then injury was added to that when safety Marcus Epps went down with what appeared to be a non-contact injury to his knee.
Epps laid on the field for a time being looked at by trainers. He would eventually limp off and into the locker room and not return.
The sixth year veteran is the starting strong safety for the Raiders and a big part of their defensive success over the latter half of last season.
With Epps out of the game, Isaiah Pola-Mao came in alongside Tre’von Moehrig.
The Raiders were unlikely to make a game of it in this one, but if Epps’s injury is serious, it would factor into the rest of their games this season.
This injury comes just a day after the news that Malcolm Koonce would be getting season-ending knee surgery. Koonce was another big piece on the Raiders resurgent defense last season.