No question Kolton Miller is missed. But Thursday night against the Chargers, his replacement held his own.
Miller has been missing games due to an injured shoulder and this week it was Thayer Munford who stepped in to start at left tackle and he had himself a game.
Not only did Munford play every snap prior to when the Raiders pulled the starters late, he didn’t give up a sack. He only gave up one QB hit and it didn’t happen until the third quarter with the Raiders up 42-0. And it didn’t affect that play, as Aidan O’Connell still got the pass off to Davante Adams for 18 yards — the longest completion on the drive that went for a touchdown.
Munford was a starting left tackle at Ohio State, but had been the primary backup at right tackle over his first two seasons as a seventh round pick by the Raiders in 2022.
Initially when Miller went down with his injury, the team opted to move Jermaine Eluemunor over from right tackle, but that didn’t go too well, and so they put Eluemunor back at right tackle and put Munford at left tackle. So far so good as neither of them gave up a sack in Sunday’s game despite facing Khalil Mack who sacked O’Connell six times in their last meeting.
| Offense | Spec Tms | ||||
| Player | Pos | Num | Pct | Num | Pct |
| Jordan Meredith | G | 64 | 100% | 9 | 24% |
| Dylan Parham | C | 64 | 100% | 9 | 24% |
| Aidan O’Connell | QB | 64 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Jermaine Eluemunor | T | 61 | 95% | 9 | 24% |
| Thayer Munford | T | 61 | 95% | 9 | 24% |
| Jakobi Meyers | WR | 56 | 88% | 0 | 0% |
| Davante Adams | WR | 52 | 81% | 0 | 0% |
| Greg Van Roten | G | 49 | 77% | 7 | 19% |
| Zamir White | RB | 45 | 70% | 0 | 0% |
| Michael Mayer | TE | 41 | 64% | 9 | 24% |
| Tre Tucker | WR | 29 | 45% | 0 | 0% |
| Hunter Renfrow | WR | 27 | 42% | 0 | 0% |
| Austin Hooper | TE | 26 | 41% | 0 | 0% |
| Ameer Abdullah | RB | 17 | 27% | 19 | 51% |
| Jakob Johnson | FB | 15 | 23% | 10 | 27% |
| Hroniss Grasu | C | 15 | 23% | 2 | 5% |
| DeAndre Carter | WR | 5 | 8% | 9 | 24% |
| Justin Herron | T | 5 | 8% | 0 | 0% |
| DJ Turner | WR | 3 | 5% | 23 | 62% |
| Brandon Parker | T | 3 | 5% | 9 | 24% |
| Brandon Bolden | RB | 2 | 3% | 28 | 76% |
| Defense | Spec Tms | ||||
| Player | Pos | Num | Pct | Num | Pct |
| Jack Jones | CB | 53 | 82% | 0 | 0% |
| Tyree Wilson | DE | 45 | 69% | 5 | 14% |
| Amik Robertson | CB | 45 | 69% | 3 | 8% |
| Robert Spillane | LB | 43 | 66% | 0 | 0% |
| Nate Hobbs | CB | 43 | 66% | 0 | 0% |
| Marcus Epps | SS | 43 | 66% | 0 | 0% |
| Tre’von Moehrig | FS | 43 | 66% | 0 | 0% |
| Divine Deablo | LB | 43 | 66% | 0 | 0% |
| Adam Butler | DT | 40 | 62% | 9 | 24% |
| Maxx Crosby | DE | 39 | 60% | 0 | 0% |
| Bilal Nichols | DT | 36 | 55% | 5 | 14% |
| Malcolm Koonce | DE | 33 | 51% | 14 | 38% |
| Jakorian Bennett | CB | 32 | 49% | 5 | 14% |
| Jerry Tillery | DT | 28 | 43% | 3 | 8% |
| Janarius Robinson | DE | 23 | 35% | 5 | 14% |
| Luke Masterson | LB | 22 | 34% | 28 | 76% |
| Isaiah Pola-Mao | FS | 22 | 34% | 24 | 65% |
| Christopher Smith | SS | 22 | 34% | 20 | 54% |
| Tyler Hall | CB | 22 | 34% | 16 | 43% |
| John Jenkins | DT | 17 | 26% | 4 | 11% |
| Amari Burney | LB | 11 | 17% | 14 | 38% |
| Curtis Bolton | LB | 10 | 15% | 28 | 76% |
| Special Teams | Spec Tms | ||||
| Player | Pos | Num | Pct | Num | Pct |
| Jesper Horsted | TE | 0 | 0% | 23 | 62% |
| Daniel Carlson | K | 0 | 0% | 19 | 51% |
| Jacob Bobenmoyer | LS | 0 | 0% | 15 | 41% |
| AJ Cole III | P | 0 | 0% | 15 | 41% |