A week ago today, DJ Swearinger was meeting his new teammates in Oakland for the first time. That’s not a lot of time to get acclimated to the new scheme he was about to be thrust into, replacing the injured Karl Joseph. For that reason, it seemed to make the most sense to ease him into things. Or not.
When the starting offense took the field early in the first quarter, out came Swearinger at safety alongside Erik Harris. And on that first play, Swearinger would make his first tackle as a Raider.
He didn’t stay in the game, however. The entire game, he was swapping in and out with Curtis Riley, who, like Swearinger, had a tackle on his first play of the game.
By the end of it, Swearinger and Riley had split the snaps on defense 60 percent to 40 percent, respectively, and Swearinger led the team in tackles. He had seven combined tackles (five solo) to lead all defenders despite having the tenth-most snaps on defense.
In other news, fellow newcomer Dion Jordan had his first sack in his debut, just four days after joining the team off his ten-game suspension. He played 16 snaps (25%).
| Offense | Defense | Special Teams | |||||
| Player | Pos | Num | Pct | Num | Pct | Num | Pct |
| Kolton Miller | T | 70 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 13% |
| Gabe Jackson | G | 70 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 13% |
| Richie Incognito | G | 70 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 13% |
| Derek Carr | QB | 70 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Rodney Hudson | C | 70 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Trent Brown | T | 69 | 99% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 13% |
| Darren Waller | TE | 66 | 94% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Tyrell Williams | WR | 51 | 73% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Zay Jones | WR | 48 | 69% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Josh Jacobs | RB | 45 | 64% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Foster Moreau | TE | 41 | 59% | 0 | 0% | 14 | 61% |
| Hunter Renfrow | WR | 31 | 44% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Derek Carrier | TE | 20 | 29% | 0 | 0% | 18 | 78% |
| Alec Ingold | FB | 17 | 24% | 0 | 0% | 11 | 48% |
| Jalen Richard | RB | 16 | 23% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| DeAndre Washington | RB | 9 | 13% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 13% |
| Marcell Ateman | WR | 5 | 7% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Brandon Parker | T | 2 | 3% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 13% |
| Erik Harris | SS | 0 | 0% | 63 | 100% | 9 | 39% |
| Trayvon Mullen | CB | 0 | 0% | 63 | 100% | 6 | 26% |
| Tahir Whitehead | LB | 0 | 0% | 63 | 100% | 5 | 22% |
| Daryl Worley | CB | 0 | 0% | 63 | 100% | 5 | 22% |
| Nicholas Morrow | LB | 0 | 0% | 59 | 94% | 9 | 39% |
| Nevin Lawson | CB | 0 | 0% | 57 | 90% | 8 | 35% |
| Maxx Crosby | DE | 0 | 0% | 49 | 78% | 8 | 35% |
| Clelin Ferrell | DE | 0 | 0% | 41 | 65% | 3 | 13% |
| Johnathan Hankins | DT | 0 | 0% | 41 | 65% | 3 | 13% |
| D.J. Swearinger | SS | 0 | 0% | 38 | 60% | 0 | 0% |
| P.J. Hall | DT | 0 | 0% | 35 | 56% | 0 | 0% |
| Maurice Hurst | DT | 0 | 0% | 30 | 48% | 5 | 22% |
| Curtis Riley | FS | 0 | 0% | 25 | 40% | 15 | 65% |
| Benson Mayowa | DE | 0 | 0% | 19 | 30% | 2 | 9% |
| Josh Mauro | DE | 0 | 0% | 18 | 29% | 0 | 0% |
| Dion Jordan | DE | 0 | 0% | 16 | 25% | 2 | 9% |
| Isaiah Johnson | CB | 0 | 0% | 7 | 11% | 13 | 57% |
| William Compton | LB | 0 | 0% | 6 | 10% | 12 | 52% |
| Kyle Wilber | LB | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 20 | 87% |
| Dallin Leavitt | SS | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 18 | 78% |
| Keisean Nixon | CB | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 14 | 61% |
| Trent Sieg | LS | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 8 | 35% |
| Trevor Davis | WR | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 8 | 35% |
| A.J. Cole | P | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 8 | 35% |
| Daniel Carlson | K | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 7 | 30% |
| Denzelle Good | G | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 13% |
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