All week the talk surrounding the Raiders — I mean other than the stupid manufactured bus lap drama — was about them missing ten players on defense. All of whom had been placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list. Eight of those players would be activated by Saturday, but Sunday morning, starting nickel corner Lamarcus Joyner was put back on the list.
This meant once again the Raiders would be shorthanded in the secondary. This has been a common theme for the Raiders this season. Starting rookie cornerback was lost in the third game of the season to a wrist injury that sent him to IR.
Before Arnette could return, starting cornerback Trayvon Mullen left with a hamstring injury. That was two weeks ago in Los Angeles, and by the end of that game, the outside corners were Nevin Lawson and Isaiah Johnson.
Mullen would return in Week 10 against the Broncos, but didn’t play every snap. That was also the game Arnette returned from injured reserve, but he didn’t start and didn’t play every snap.
Sunday night, with the big re-match against the division rival Chiefs and the loss of Joyner, the team needed Mullen and Arnette to be back for the first time since the second game of the season. And that’s what they got. Both started for the first time since week three, Mullen played every snap, and Arnette played 71 snaps (91%).
Arnette would record his first pass breakup since week one while Mullen would record two pass breakups and an interception; just the second Patrick Mahomes has thrown this season.
| Offense | Spec Tms | ||||
| Player | Pos | Num | Pct | Num | Pct |
| Brandon Parker | T | 59 | 100% | 5 | 19% |
| Kolton Miller | T | 59 | 100% | 5 | 19% |
| Gabe Jackson | G | 59 | 100% | 5 | 19% |
| Denzelle Good | G | 59 | 100% | 5 | 19% |
| Derek Carr | QB | 59 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Rodney Hudson | C | 59 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Darren Waller | TE | 55 | 93% | 0 | 0% |
| Nelson Agholor | WR | 44 | 75% | 0 | 0% |
| Josh Jacobs | RB | 44 | 75% | 0 | 0% |
| Jason Witten | TE | 33 | 56% | 0 | 0% |
| Henry Ruggs III | WR | 32 | 54% | 6 | 23% |
| Alec Ingold | FB | 20 | 34% | 8 | 31% |
| Hunter Renfrow | WR | 20 | 34% | 2 | 8% |
| Foster Moreau | TE | 17 | 29% | 15 | 58% |
| Devontae Booker | RB | 15 | 25% | 0 | 0% |
| Bryan Edwards | WR | 9 | 15% | 0 | 0% |
| Zay Jones | WR | 5 | 8% | 0 | 0% |
| Derek Carrier | TE | 1 | 2% | 21 | 81% |
| Defense | Spec Tms | ||||
| Player | Pos | Num | Pct | Num | Pct |
| Trayvon Mullen | CB | 78 | 100% | 5 | 19% |
| Nicholas Morrow | LB | 78 | 100% | 2 | 8% |
| Johnathan Abram | SS | 76 | 97% | 7 | 27% |
| Nick Kwiatkoski | LB | 76 | 97% | 5 | 19% |
| Damon Arnette | CB | 71 | 91% | 0 | 0% |
| Nevin Lawson | CB | 69 | 88% | 11 | 42% |
| Maxx Crosby | DE | 69 | 88% | 5 | 19% |
| Carl Nassib | DE | 60 | 77% | 2 | 8% |
| Maliek Collins | DT | 54 | 69% | 5 | 19% |
| Jeff Heath | SS | 50 | 64% | 21 | 81% |
| Johnathan Hankins | DT | 42 | 54% | 5 | 19% |
| Arden Key | DE | 36 | 46% | 0 | 0% |
| Erik Harris | FS | 24 | 31% | 19 | 73% |
| David Irving | DE | 18 | 23% | 3 | 12% |
| Kendal Vickers | DT | 18 | 23% | 0 | 0% |
| Isaiah Johnson | CB | 13 | 17% | 2 | 8% |
| Chris Smith | DE | 13 | 17% | 0 | 0% |
| Kyle Wilber | LB | 9 | 12% | 21 | 81% |
| Amik Robertson | CB | 2 | 3% | 0 | 0% |
| Raekwon McMillan | LB | 1 | 1% | 21 | 81% |
| Special Teams | |||||
| Player | Pos | Num | Pct | Num | Pct |
| Keisean Nixon | CB | 0 | 0% | 16 | 62% |
| Dallin Leavitt | FS | 0 | 0% | 16 | 62% |
| Javin White | DB | 0 | 0% | 13 | 50% |
| Daniel Carlson | K | 0 | 0% | 11 | 42% |
| A.J. Cole | P | 0 | 0% | 7 | 27% |
| Trent Sieg | LS | 0 | 0% | 7 | 27% |
| Patrick Omameh | G | 0 | 0% | 5 | 19% |
| Andre James | C | 0 | 0% | 3 | 12% |
| Jaryd Jones-Smith | T | 0 | 0% | 2 | 8 |
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