Like many teams in the league, the Raiders continue to try and navigate the season during the COVID-19 pandemic. A week ago, they played with three of their starters on the reserve/COVID-19 list. They got one of those players back Sunday.
Cory Littleton had missed the previous two games after testing positive for COVID-19. While he was away, Nicholas Morrow filled in at the outside linebacker spot. By most accounts, Morrow performed better in those two starts than Littleton had over much of the team’s first eight games of the season.
With Littleton activated from the reserve/COVID-19 list, the question was whether he would step right back into the starting job or not. He did start, but so did Morrow. And this time their roles were flipped as it was Morrow who stayed on the field in 4-2-5 sets and Littleton who came on and off the field.
Morrow would lead the team with 77 defensive snaps (99%) and added 17 special teams snaps (52%). He finished with a team-leading 10 combined tackles (all solo), one for a loss, a QB hit, and two pass breakups. That performance could ensure he continues to get the bulk of the snaps.
Littleton saw 45 defensive snaps (58%) with 4 special teams snaps (12%). He finished with four combined tackles (all solo) and no other stats.
Middle linebacker Nick Kwiatkoski saw 61 snaps (78%). He finished with six combined tackles (four solo), two for a loss, one sack, and one QB hit.
| Offense | Spec Tms | ||||
| Player | Pos | Num | Pct | Num | Pct |
| Brandon Parker | T | 63 | 100% | 2 | 6% |
| Kolton Miller | T | 63 | 100% | 2 | 6% |
| Gabe Jackson | G | 63 | 100% | 2 | 6% |
| Rodney Hudson | C | 63 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Darren Waller | TE | 61 | 97% | 0 | 0% |
| Denzelle Good | G | 59 | 94% | 2 | 6% |
| Derek Carr | QB | 52 | 83% | 0 | 0% |
| Henry Ruggs III | WR | 42 | 67% | 10 | 30% |
| Nelson Agholor | WR | 42 | 67% | 0 | 0% |
| Hunter Renfrow | WR | 41 | 65% | 3 | 9% |
| Josh Jacobs | RB | 38 | 60% | 0 | 0% |
| Devontae Booker | RB | 22 | 35% | 2 | 6% |
| Bryan Edwards | WR | 19 | 30% | 0 | 0% |
| Jason Witten | TE | 17 | 27% | 0 | 0% |
| Zay Jones | WR | 13 | 21% | 0 | 0% |
| Alec Ingold | FB | 11 | 17% | 16 | 48% |
| Nathan Peterman | QB | 11 | 17% | 0 | 0% |
| Foster Moreau | TE | 8 | 13% | 20 | 61% |
| Patrick Omameh | G | 4 | 6% | 2 | 6% |
| Derek Carrier | TE | 1 | 2% | 23 | 70% |
| Defense | Spec Tms | ||||
| Player | Pos | Num | Pct | Num | Pct |
| Nicholas Morrow | LB | 77 | 99% | 17 | 52% |
| Johnathan Abram | SS | 75 | 96% | 3 | 9% |
| Jeff Heath | SS | 73 | 94% | 16 | 48% |
| Maxx Crosby | DE | 68 | 87% | 9 | 27% |
| Trayvon Mullen | CB | 62 | 79% | 3 | 9% |
| Nick Kwiatkoski | LB | 61 | 78% | 9 | 27% |
| Isaiah Johnson | CB | 60 | 77% | 0 | 0% |
| Carl Nassib | DE | 57 | 73% | 2 | 6% |
| Johnathan Hankins | DT | 53 | 68% | 9 | 27% |
| Nevin Lawson | CB | 49 | 63% | 16 | 48% |
| Maliek Collins | DT | 48 | 62% | 6 | 18% |
| Cory Littleton | LB | 45 | 58% | 4 | 12% |
| Arden Key | DE | 33 | 42% | 8 | 24% |
| Keisean Nixon | CB | 29 | 37% | 28 | 85% |
| Kendal Vickers | DT | 18 | 23% | 11 | 33% |
| Chris Smith | DE | 17 | 22% | 0 | 0% |
| Maurice Hurst Jr. | DT | 16 | 21% | 3 | 9% |
| Damon Arnette | CB | 8 | 10% | 0 | 0% |
| Erik Harris | FS | 4 | 5% | 21 | 64% |
| Dallin Leavitt | FS | 3 | 4% | 31 | 94% |
| Raekwon McMillan | LB | 1 | 1% | 31 | 94% |
| Kyle Wilber | LB | 1 | 1% | 31 | 94% |
| Special Teams | Spec Tms | ||||
| Player | Pos | Num | Pct | Num | Pct |
| AJ Cole III | P | 0 | 0% | 7 | 21% |
| Trent Sieg | LS | 0 | 0% | 7 | 21% |
| Daniel Carlson | K | 0 | 0% | 5 | 15% |
| Andre James | C | 0 | 0% | 2 | 6 |
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