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Busters for Raiders Week 8 loss to Chiefs

The Raiders had their chances to make this game more competitive, but could never capitalize.

The Chiefs ran away with this game just before the half and never looked back. A 10-7 Raiders lead turned into a 17-10 deficit in just two minutes time. The Raiders had their chances to come back, but couldn’t get out of their own way or were just outmatched.

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OC Luke Getsy

So many wasted opportunities in this game. Let’s start near the end of the second quarter. The Raiders had just fallen down 14-10 with under two minutes left. They had the chance to at very least be the last to have the ball. But instead they went three-and-out. First play was an end around the Chiefs sniffed out for no gain. Then a two-yard run. Then a blitz by the Chiefs that wasn’t picked up, forcing Minshew to throw it away. The Chiefs only needed to use one of their timeouts to get the ball back with a minute left. They used that time to drive for a second score in the final two minutes of the first half. That’s how to suck the air out of the building.

The first possession of the third quarter, the Raiders AGAIN went three-and-out. And it happened in much the same fashion as the previous one – run for minimal gain, short catch for no gain, and free runner on a blitz leading to an incompletion.

Next possession, the Raiders got a gift. First the defense stopped the Chiefs for a three-and-out with just one yard picked up. The punt was fielded near midfield by DJ Turner and returned to the KC 43. A late hit out of bounds tacked on another 15 yards, starting the Raiders out in field goal range at the 28. And despite getting some help from a KC holding penalty, and driving all the way to first and goal at the four, they still couldn’t punch it in. First play inside the five, Getsy had Tre Turner blocking a defensive end, leading to a four-yard loss on the run. Then on third and goal from the seven, he had John Samuel Shenker and Ameer Abdullah trying to block George Karlaftis, who brushed past both of them to get the sack.

Next possession the offense got an even bigger gift. An interception put them right back in first and goal inside the five. A second chance to get right what they got wrong the previous trip. They had the ball at the three, ran it three straight times and were still at the three. Minshew then ran right into a sack for the turnover on downs. 

Understand what happened here. They had been abysmal at running the ball all day, with their backs averaging less than a yard per carry. So, they, of course, ran it three straight times and were held out of the end zone. This time last week, they were having some success running it against the Rams. And in this same situation, they abandoned the run, opting to pass it three straight times and were likewise kept from getting in the end zone. It’s like the only question when it comes to what play(s) to run is what will they least expect. Even though the reason they may not expect it is because it’s just a very bad idea that doesn’t play to your own strengths.

The only times the Raiders were able to score a TD in this game were the opening scripted drive and after they were down by two scores late. Any positive offensive numbers have to take those facts into consideration. That’s not winning football.

LB Robert Spillane

This was tough. On paper, Spillane had a great game. He led the team with 12 combined tackles (six solo) with one for a loss. But just three of those 12 tackles were inside four yards and didn’t result in a first down or touchdown.

He gave up a 13-yard catch on the first third down of the game to open up the Chiefs first touchdown drive. Their second touchdown drive, he again gave up the first down catch on their first third down. Then on third and goal from the five, he gave up the touchdown catch to Travis Kelce over the middle.

The Chiefs got the ball back with just under a minute left until the half. And Spillane gave up a wide open catch to Kelce along the way to them adding a field goal to go up 17-10. He later gave up chunk runs on each the Chiefs’ last two scoring drives.

T DJ Glaze

He gave up run stuff on the opening drive and a sack along with another run stuff that threatened to upend the Raiders’ second scoring drive. Then on their third scoring drive, he was tossed to give up a run stuff for a loss, and was flagged for illegal formation on third and goal. The Chiefs got a sack on the play, but no matter what, the Raiders weren’t scoring on the play because of the Glaze penalty.

CB Jakorian Bennett

Bennett also gave a 20-yard catch and a third down conversion. He just did it on three straight catch to lead out the Chiefs second touchdown drive. He then gave up a 16-yard that put the Chiefs in Raiders territory at the 40 in the final seconds of the second quarter, setting them up for their third score and the second in the final two minutes of the first half.

RB Alexander Mattison

Mattison finished with just 15 yards on 14 carries. Several times it seemed he left yards on the field. And a couple times perhaps even a touchdown. The big one was on third and goal from the one, where it appeared as if, had he run it straight up the gut, he would have just had LB Nick Bolton to go through to cross the goal line. But he went out right instead and was met by half the Chiefs’ defense where he was stopped for a loss.

DT John Jenkins

Credit to Jenkins for getting the tipped ball that led to the Raiders’ only takeaway. But other than that, it was that a great outing for the veteran defensive tackle. He was once again getting pushed all over the field.

He was run through on the first touchdown, then was blocked on an 11-yard shovel pass on the second TD drive. Then gave up two runs on the Chiefs’ final TD drive, including the one that put them in field goal range, and the third down conversion.

DC Patrick Graham

I lost count of how many times a Chiefs receiver was able to find a wide open soft spot in the zone or a running back came out of the backfield completely uncovered for big yards off the dump pass. Both happened multiple times on the back-to-back scoring drives to end the first half. It’s just inexcusable to so many times be wondering how a guy gets so wide open and just who was assigned to him. And coming away thinking maybe no one was and the Chiefs exploited that to the fullest.

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Busters for Raiders Week 7 loss to Rams

There’s plenty of blame to go around for the Raiders’ latest ugly display. But I’m still going to try and really zero on in the worst of the worst.

There’s plenty of blame to go around for the Raiders’ latest ugly display. But I’m still going to try and really zero on in the worst of the worst.

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QB Gardner Minshew

His first drive looked decent, leading the Raiders to their first score. But it went downhill after that. His second possession they went three-and-out. His next drive ended with him rolling left on third down and forcing a pass to Brock Bowers that was easily intercepted. There was no reason to even attempt that pass. Just a terrible decision on Minshew’s part. And it led to the Rams’ first TD.

In fact, Minshew would turn the ball over four times in the games. The first three led to TD’s  – two interceptions and a fumble scoop and score – and the fourth one ended the game.

Every time he got even near the red zone, things would fall apart. First time, he got to the 25 and went 0-2, second time he got to the 24 and had a false start and went 0-2, third time he got to the 23 and went 0-2, fourth time he got the ball at the 14 off a turnover and went 0-1, And the fifth time he got to the 15 and went 0-2 – completing one pass that was stopped for no gain. Yeah, that’s right, five times from the 25-yard line or closer, he didn’t complete a single pass for positive yards. Going 1-10.

T DJ Glaze

The first drive of the game ended with Glaze giving up a pressure that led to a bad pass on third down and a punt. The next drive he was flagged for holding and the Raiders were unable to make the yards back up, but in the process of trying, Aidan O’Connell injured his thumb on a rushing defender and is now on injured reserve.

His final act was to jump early on fourth and goal from the four when the Raiders needed a touchdown to have a chance to tie it up. Suddenly the fourth and goal at the four became fourth and goal at the nine.

G Jordan Meredith, C Andre James

The second score for the Rams came on defense. When Meredith failed to block Cobie Durant and he shot through to hit Minshew for the strip sack. Kam Curl picked it up and returned it for the touchdown to give the Rams a 14-3 lead in the second quarter.

The first possession of the third quarter for the Raiders ended with a three-and-out and it was led out with James giving up a run stuff.

The Nate Hobbs interception gave the Raiders the ball at the LA 14-yard-line. On first down, Minshew threw for Brock Bowers for six yards, but James was flagged for ineligible man down field to bring it back.

On the final drive for the Raiders, Meredith missed his block to give up a run stuff on third down that forced the Raiders to go for it on fourth and one. Then on first and goal from the four, James gave up a pressure, forcing Minshew to throw the ball away.

T Kolton Miller

Late in the second quarter, the Raiders drove to the Rams’ 24-yard line looking to get their first touchdown. That ended in part because Miller gave up a hit on Minshew, leading to a bad throw, so they settled for a field goal to go into the locker room down 14-6.

The Raiders were in third and five from the LA nine-yard line to begin the fourth quarter. But Miller gave up a pressure and Minshew ditched it out of bounds to preserve at least a field goal. The next drive he gave up a run stuff for a loss.

DT John Jenkins

After the Rams’ first takeaway, the first play saw Jenkins driven back nine yards on a run play that put them in scoring range. He later was seen being pushed back on another nine-yard run and on the final Rams’ possession, while they looked to run clock, he was blocked back on a 14-yard run. Jenkins finished with zero tackles or any other stat in the game.

HC Antonio Pierce, OC Luke Getsy

With a reprieve on the missed field goal (and earlier extra point), the Raiders went on what was to be their long drive to try and salvage the game. A touchdown and two-point conversion ties it. They would get all the way to the four-yard-line. Along the way they converted a fourth down with a Mattison run, followed by a nine-yard Zamir White run, and then a 12-yard end around by Tre Tucker to put them in first and goal at the four. And would get no closer.

From there, Getsy inexplicably went away from the run completely, calling three pass plays despite Minshew having been 0-7 on passes inside the 28-yard line before that. Then on fourth down, DJ Glaze was flagged for a false start and Antonio Pierce lost his nerve, opting for a field goal instead. This despite a field goal keeping them a touchdown away and giving up major field position and clock time in the process. A terrible decision by Pierce that at best made their hopes of tying or winning the game exponentially more difficult and at worst sealed the Raiders fate.

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Raiders Week 5 snap counts vs Broncos: Rookies get plenty of playing time

The Raiders are increasingly diffing into their depth chart this season. One result was a good deal of Raiders rookies getting the start and others getting increased snaps. Here’s how the rookies snaps worked out for this one: Rd 1 TE Brock Bowers – …

The Raiders are increasingly diffing into their depth chart this season. One result was a good deal of Raiders rookies getting the start and others getting increased snaps. Here’s how the rookies snaps worked out for this one:

Rd 1 TE Brock Bowers — Start, 55 snaps (79%)
Rd 2 G Jackson Powers-Johnson — Start, 70 snaps (100%)
Rd 3 T DJ Glaze — Start, 70 snaps (100%)
Rd 5 LB Tommy Eichenberg — Start, 45 snaps (71%), 18 ST snaps (60%)
Rd 6 RB Dylan Laube — 10 ST snaps (30%)
UDFA LB Amari Gainer — 28 ST snaps (93%)
UDFA DT Jonah Laulu — 19 snaps (30%), 9 ST snaps (30%)
UDFA CB Thomas Harper — 13 (21%), 23 ST snaps (77%)

Offense Spec Tms
Player Pos Num Pct Num Pct
Jackson Powers-Johnson G 70 100% 2 7%
Delmar Glaze T 70 100% 2 7%
Dylan Parham G 70 100% 2 7%
Andre James C 70 100% 0 0%
Kolton Miller T 70 100% 0 0%
Jakobi Meyers WR 68 97% 0 0%
Tre Tucker WR 59 84% 0 0%
Brock Bowers TE 55 79% 0 0%
DJ Turner WR 52 74% 11 37%
Gardner Minshew II QB 44 63% 0 0%
Alexander Mattison RB 40 57% 0 0%
Harrison Bryant TE 32 46% 5 17%
Ameer Abdullah RB 31 44% 16 53%
Aidan O’Connell QB 26 37% 0 0%
John Samuel Shenker TE 10 14% 15 50%
Andrus Peat G 2 3% 2 7%
Alex Bachman WR 1 1% 16 53%
Defense Spec Tms
Player Pos Num Pct Num Pct
Robert Spillane LB 63 100% 0 0%
Jakorian Bennett CB 62 98% 0 0%
Isaiah Pola-Mao FS 60 95% 9 30%
Jack Jones CB 56 89% 0 0%
Adam Butler DT 54 86% 2 7%
Maxx Crosby DE 52 83% 0 0%
Tre’von Moehrig FS 50 79% 0 0%
Nate Hobbs CB 47 75% 0 0%
Tommy Eichenberg LB 45 71% 18 60%
John Jenkins DT 38 60% 9 30%
Tyree Wilson DE 34 54% 7 23%
Charles Snowden DE 29 46% 0 0%
Christian Wilkins DT 22 35% 2 7%
K’Lavon Chaisson LB 21 33% 10 33%
Jonah Laulu DT 19 30% 9 30%
Thomas Harper FS 13 21% 23 77%
Christopher Smith SS 11 17% 26 87%
Nesta Jade Silvera DT 10 16% 9 30%
Amari Burney LB 8 13% 21 70%
Janarius Robinson DE 1 2% 8 27%
Special Teams Spec Tms
Player Pos Num Pct Num Pct
Amari Gainer LB 0 0% 28 93%
Kana’i Mauga LB 0 0% 18 60%
Sam Webb CB 0 0% 10 33%
Dylan Laube RB 0 0% 10 33%
Sincere McCormick RB 0 0% 9 30%
AJ Cole III P 0 0% 7 23%
Jacob Bobenmoyer LS 0 0% 7 23%
Darnay Holmes CB 0 0% 7 23%
Daniel Carlson K 0 0% 6 20%
Jordan Meredith G 0 0% 2 7%
Cody Whitehair G 0 0% 2 7%

Busters for Raiders Week 4 win over Browns

Busters for Raiders Week 4 win over Browns

We know the heroes for this come-from-behind win over the Browns. But it wasn’t all good in the hood. The Browns were able to stay within striking distance for a reason.

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T Kolton Miller

Myles Garrett has a way of making opponents look silly. But this isn’t about judging the quality of the opponent. And there’s no softening things because of it.

Things started to go badly for Miller on the final drive of the second quarter. The Raiders got the ball with 1:20 left to the half. A 17-yard run on first down had them thinking they might be able to get a score before heading into the locker room. But that hope ended on the next play when Miller gave up the sack. So, they opted to just head for the locker room with a 10-10 tie instead.

The Raiders got the ball first in the second half and on their first third down, Miller gave up a big hit on Gardner Minshew that would have ended the drive if not for Garrett being flagged for roughing the passer. Still not good to get your own QB blown up like that.

To begin the fourth quarter, the Raiders were clinging to a four-point lead after a fumble return for a touchdown by the Browns. They had moved to midfield on their drive when on third and two, Miller gave up another sack to end the threat.

With 4:55 left in the game, the Raiders were hoping to keep possession long enough to drain the clock out. But on the very first play, Miller was late getting to his assignment, causing a tackle for a loss of five yards. It led to a three-and-out and just over a minute and a half off the clock, giving the Browns plenty of time to drive for the winning score, which they very nearly did.

RB Zamir White

While the rest of the offense came out of their running futility funk, White did not. He had a season-high 17 carries and the result was a season worst performance, averaging just 2.8 yards per carry with the team’s only turnover on a fumble that was scooped up and returned for a touchdown.

The team turned to Alexander Mattison after White’s fumble, but when they gave him the ball again, he was promptly stopped in the backfield for a loss of five yards.

In the second half, with the Raiders needing to score and then keep the ball away from the Browns’ offense, White had six carries for a combined four yards and a fumble, giving them their only points in the second half. During that same time frame Mattison had four carries for 36 yards. A change at feature back is forthcoming.

QB Gardner Minshew

14 of 24 for 130 yards and no TD’s with two rushes for negative two yards and two sacks. Yeah, the Raiders got the win, but it wasn’t on the arm or the legs of Minshew.

The first drive was dead in the water, but might have come out of it had Minshew been able to connect with DJ Turner who had gotten behind the defense on what would have been a huge gain. Perhaps even a touchdown. But Minshew overthrew him. Turner is very fast, so that’s not easy to do. The result was the Raiders were down 10-0 before Minshew had completed a pass.

To his credit, he did complete a few passes to help the Raiders tie the game up in the second quarter. But another drive would end with a bad throw to an open receiver. This time is was underthrown into the turf and Daniel Carlson had to connect on a 52-yard field goal as a result.

The first drive of the third quarter only got into scoring range due to a roughing the passer penalty. And it ended two plays later with Minshew overthrowing Jakobi Meyers. The touchdown drive on the next possession featured one completed pass and two overthrows. The final 35 yards came on the ground.

The fourth quarter saw Minshew convert zero third downs with just one first down total through the air.

LB Luke Masterson

The only touchdown drive for the Browns was their first drive of the game. And it had Masterson mistakes all over it. First play he was out of position on a six yard run. A few plays later he would miss a tackle on a five-yard run. They had driven to the 12-yard-line and Masterson gave up a seven-yard catch. Two plays later, he gave up the first down run to put them in first and goal at the one. Two plays after that, he bit hard on the play action to allow a wide open touchdown to the tight end.

The next defensive series hadn’t even started yet and Masterson was already hurting them. He was flagged for being illegally downfield on the punt.

Late in the second quarter, the Browns were driving to try and re-take the lead. And they nearly did it thanks to Masterson giving up two catches for 36 yards.

I counted at least three missed tackles by Masterson, which means he had nearly as many missed tackles as he he solo tackles (4).

T DJ Glaze

Nothing went right on the Raiders first possession of the game. But the worst part was Glaze being flagged for holding on the second play which backed them up to their own eight yard line.

Glaze gave up a hit on Minshew in the third quarter. Then on the first play of the fourth quarter, he was beaten off the snap to get Zamir White smacked in the backfield and White fumbled it away. It was returned for a touchdown to make it a four-point game.

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Raiders Week 4 snap counts vs Browns: Who got bulk of playing time replacing injured starters

How did the playing time shake out replacing Raiders injured starters vs Browns

Due to the string of injuries to Raiders starters, the lineup that took the field for them on Sunday was almost unrecognizable.

The offense was without several starters including WR Davante Adams, RT Thayer Munford, and TE Michael Mayer.

In their stead, WR Tre Tucker saw 50 snaps (85%), Harrison Bryant saw 45 snaps (76%), and DJ Glaze saw all 59 offensive snaps at right tackle.

Also making his debut on the offensive line was Jackson Powers-Johnson who played ever snap at guard.

On the defensive side, they were without both original starting defensive ends with Maxx Crosby being lost this week. They also recently lost safety Marcus Epps for the season and were without LB Divine Deablo as well.

The edge rushers were led by Tyree Wilson’s 42 snaps (71%) and K’Lavon Chaisson’s 41 snaps (69%). Then Charles Snowden got 29 snaps (49%) and Janarius Robinson had just eight snaps (14%).

Jack Jones was benched early in the game, giving Darnay Holmes 12 snaps (20%). While Jones would end up playing 39 snaps (66%).

Offense Spec Tms
Player Pos Num Pct Num Pct
Delmar Glaze T 59 100% 4 15%
Jackson Powers-Johnson G 59 100% 4 15%
Kolton Miller T 59 100% 0 0%
Gardner Minshew II QB 59 100% 0 0%
Andre James C 59 100% 0 0%
Jakobi Meyers WR 57 97% 0 0%
Dylan Parham G 51 86% 4 15%
Tre Tucker WR 50 85% 3 12%
Brock Bowers TE 48 81% 0 0%
Harrison Bryant TE 45 76% 5 19%
Zamir White RB 35 59% 0 0%
DJ Turner WR 25 42% 0 0%
Alexander Mattison RB 21 36% 0 0%
Cody Whitehair G 8 14% 4 15%
John Samuel Shenker TE 5 8% 12 46%
Tyreik McAllister RB 4 7% 6 23%
Andrus Peat G 4 7% 4 15%
Alex Bachman WR 1 2% 9 35%
Defense Spec Tms
Player Pos Num Pct Num Pct
Isaiah Pola-Mao FS 59 100% 3 12%
Robert Spillane LB 59 100% 0 0%
Tre’von Moehrig FS 59 100% 0 0%
Jakorian Bennett CB 56 95% 0 0%
Nate Hobbs CB 55 93% 0 0%
Christian Wilkins DT 53 90% 4 15%
Adam Butler DT 50 85% 4 15%
Tyree Wilson DE 42 71% 3 12%
K’Lavon Chaisson LB 41 69% 5 19%
Jack Jones CB 39 66% 0 0%
Luke Masterson LB 34 58% 22 85%
Charles Snowden DE 29 49% 0 0%
John Jenkins DT 24 41% 5 19%
Amari Burney LB 12 20% 19 73%
Darnay Holmes CB 12 20% 7 27%
Tommy Eichenberg LB 11 19% 19 73%
Janarius Robinson DE 8 14% 3 12%
Nesta Jade Silvera DT 6 10% 5 19%
Special Teams Spec Tms
Player Pos Num Pct Num Pct
Amari Gainer LB 0 0% 22 85%
Christopher Smith SS 0 0% 20 77%
Thomas Harper FS 0 0% 18 69%
Ameer Abdullah RB 0 0% 16 62%
Sam Webb CB 0 0% 11 42%
AJ Cole III P 0 0% 9 35%
Dylan Laube RB 0 0% 9 35%
Daniel Carlson K 0 0% 9 35%
Jacob Bobenmoyer LS 0 0% 9 35%
Jonah Laulu DT 0 0% 5 19%
Jordan Meredith G 0 0% 4 15

Two Raiders drafted rookies make their first starts, a third makes his debut Week 4

Two Raiders drafted rookies make their first starts, a third makes his debut Week 4

Just four weeks into the 2024 seasons and the Raiders are turning to their draft class to give them a boost. Two of their rookies are making their first starts of the season, both along the offensive line.

Getting his first start at right tackle is DJ Glaze. The third rounder replaces injury starter Thayer Munford. Glaze came in on the third play last Sunday when Munford left with knee and ankle injuries and didn’t return. Munford inactive today.

Coming in to make his first start at left guard is Jackson Powers-Johnson. The second rounder made his debut last week after being inactive the first two weeks with an illness. The Raiders had wanted Powers-Johnson to be the starter to begin the season, but the Rimington Award Winner out of Oregon missed much of the offseason and training camp with an undisclosed injury.

Making his debut is rookie running back Dylan Laube. The sixth rounder was much talked about in camp only to end up inactive for the first three games of the season. Now, with so many injuries on the team, they were able to fit him on the active roster. He came in the game for the first time on special teams.

Prior to this game only top pick TE Brock Bowers (13 overall) had started a game from this Raiders draft class.

3 causes for concern as the Raiders face the Browns Sunday

The biggest causes of concern for the Raiders in their Week 4 matchup with the Browns on Sunday.

I know what you’re thinking right now. What about this Raiders team *isn’t* a cause for concern right now? That’s fair. But I suppose some things are more glaring than others. Here are three big ones that come to mind.

Myles Garrett

Antonio Pierce was asked for his thoughts on Myles Garrett and he summed it up with one word – “Scary”. Garrett is the reigning Defensive Player of the Year and for good reason. He was in the top ten in sacks (14), tackles for loss (17), and QB hits (30), and pressures (86). Now, you can argue Maxx Crosby was better considering Crosby had better numbers in every one of those categories, but that’s not really the point here.

The point is Garrett is a problem. And the Raiders offensive tackles have not exactly shown the ability to keep even decent pass rushers out of the backfield this season. Even Kolton Miller has been uncharacteristically susceptible to getting beaten. And rookie DJ Glaze will be making his first start on the other side.

Stars injured

No question the Raiders have exactly two stars on their team. Maxx Crosby on defense and Davante Adams on offense. Neither of whom will play Sunday. Crosby is officially listed as Doubtful by Antonio Pierce said Friday Crosby would be OUT. Adams suffered a hamstring injury in practice this week and he’s been ruled OUT.

Even with Crosby playing last week, the defense gave up 36 points because Crosby was hobbled and not destroying the offense’s game plan. Now, to be without him entirely? Yikes.

The only game the Raiders won this season was when Adams was caught nine passes for 110 yards and had some masterful late game heroics. He won’t be an option in the pass game this week.

League worst ground game

Despite Raiders OC Luke Getsy’s laughable comment that the Raiders run game showed some improvement last week, it hasn’t. Their 2.8 rushing yards per attempt is easily the worst in the league. 

And get this, they are ALSO the worst run DEFENSE in the league, giving up a league worst 5.4 yards per carry.

The Browns are decent both in terms of yards per carry on the offense (4.3) and yards per carry allowed by the defense (4.4). Both stats are above league average.

Also see: 3 Reasons for optimism for Raiders vs Browns

5 Raiders who will attempt to fill shoes of Maxx Crosby and other missing starters vs Browns

Some players are simply not replaceable. Maxx Crosby and Davante Adams are two such players. But the Raiders are in the position right now where they have no choice but to try and replace their roles in the lineup because both stars are OUT for …

Some players are simply not replaceable. Maxx Crosby and Davante Adams are two such players. But the Raiders are in the position right now where they have no choice but to try and replace their roles in the lineup because both stars are OUT for Sunday’s game against the Browns.

Here are the players who will be asked to step up in the absence of the missing Raiders starters.

Replacing: Davante Adams (hamstring)

When the Raiders want to make a play downfield, they usually look to either Davante Adams or Tre Tucker. The two are very different kinds of receivers, but in their own ways are capable of being a deep threat for this team. Tucker does it with pure speed. Adams does it was route running and savvy.

It doesn’t matter how it happens, it just has to happen. Or at least the threat of it must be there. Tucker has been the third receiver on this team all season, behind Adams and Jakobi Meyers. Now Tucker will step up and start on the outside, attempting to fill the void left by Adams’s absence.

Stepping up to fill the shoes of Tucker in the slot will be DJ Turner.

Replacing: Michael Mayer (personal)

Mayer has been a co-starter this season along with rookie Brock Bowers. He’s also been the primary blocking tight end. Harrison Bryant has been the third tight end on this team this season, though he’s only played 14 snaps on offense. The former Browns tight end was a priority free agent signing this offseason, and initially was expected to be the team’s number two tight end. That was until they had Brock Bowers fall into their lap in the draft and the team made other plans.

Replacing: Thayer Munford (knee/ankle)

Munford was lost on the second snap of last Sunday’s game and didn’t return. Coming in for him was DJ Glaze. The third round rookie had impressed in camp and was considered a viable option to step in at right tackle right away. And just two games into the season, that’s what he was asked to do. He played well in his debut last Sunday. He will be asked to do it again.

Replacing: Maxx Crosby (ankle)

Replacing might not be the right word here. No one is replacing Crosby on this team. He is the heart, soul, and motor of this Raiders defense. We saw that last week when his ankle had him not quite himself and missing quite a few snaps. As a result, Andy Dalton had a field day and the Raiders gave up 36 points to the Panthers.

Wilson’s 34 snaps (46%) was second among edge rushers as they mixed it up with Janarius Robinson, Charles Snowden, and Amari Gainer all getting a fair amount of snaps as well. The only edge rusher who was in the game on each of the 13 snaps Crosby missed was Wilson. Expect him to lead the edge rushers in snaps in this game with a healthy rotation to keep everyone fresh. I would also expect to see practice squad DE K’Lavon Chaisson activated and in that rotation.

Replacing: Divine Deablo (oblique)

Masterson started last Sunday’s game in place of Deablo as well. So, expect that to continue. The Raiders have a lot of linebackers on this team, but it’s really a matter of quantity more than quality. Most are relegated to special teams. The only ones who saw snaps last week other than the starters were Amari Gainer (10 snaps) and Tommy Eichenberg (five snaps).

Eichenberg is considered a middle linebacker, but with Robert Spillane playing every snap, the rookie was asked to play outside linebacker for his five snaps in the game. And Gainer spent all ten of his snaps lined up at edge rusher.

Antonio Pierce plans ‘a lot of changes’ to try and get Raiders NFL-worst run game going

With by the league’s worth run game, there are ‘A lot of changes’ in the works for the Raiders

You simply won’t see a worse run game than the one the Raiders are attempting to deploy this season. What they’re doing in just not working. So, what’s the problem? Is it scheme? Personnel? Both?

It could be both, sure. But if you look back at the line last year and this year, it wasn’t that much different personnel wise. And they were running the ball really well late last season with Zamir White. Now? Abysmal.

White averaged nearly 100 yards per game over the final four games last season behind much of the same offensive line (only one guard and one tackle have changed). He has 102 yards in the first the weeks combined this season and he had just 14 yards in Sunday’s loss to the Panthers.

“Last year is last year. We are where we are now. Worst running team in football,” said Pierce. “That’s not something I’m proud of, our staff’s proud of and I’m sure our team is not. And again, we’re going to get in here and chip away after we make the corrections from today and be honest with one another.”

Pierce would not rule out a change is blocking scheme, saying “I think there’s going to be a lot of changes.”

As far as personnel, rookie tackle DJ Glaze most of game at right tackle after the injury to Thayer Munford. That didn’t seem to change anything in terms of the run game issues. They put rookie guard Jackson Powers-Johnson in for a time and that didn’t seem to make a difference either.

They had a total of three first downs on the ground in the game Sunday and didn’t have a single first down in the second half.

And then there’s this:

https://twitter.com/austingayle_/status/1838004575678476584

At this point either they need to change back to the scheme that works with these guys or just stop running it.

Raiders Week 3 snap counts: Rookie OL debut, Maxx Crosby with unusually low playing time

Raiders Rookie OL make their debuts while Maxx Crosby missed more playing time than usual.

For the first time this season, the two offensive linemen the Raiders selected in the draft took the field. Second round pick Jackson Powers-Johnson came in at right guard and third rounder DJ Glaze entered the game at right tackle.

JPJ came in late in the game, just to mix things up and give him some reps. Oddly he came in at right guard considering he had been lining up at left guard early on and Cody Whitehair has been lining up there in his absence.

Glaze came in early due to an injury to Thayer Munford that knocked him out of the game on just his second snap.

It was noted that during the game Maxx Crosby was coming out for some plays. Not something he is known for doing. It was because his high ankle sprain was bothering him.

In total Crosby missed 13 snaps. That’s a lot for him. He didn’t even miss that many snaps when he had his serious knee injury late last season. The only other time in the past three years Crosby was out of a game for more snaps than Sunday was the blowout win over the Chargers last year, when the Raiders had put the game away and his presence was no longer needed.

Offense
 Spec Tms
Player Pos Num Pct Num Pct
Cody Whitehair G 64 100% 3 10%
Andre James C 64 100% 3 10%
Kolton Miller T 64 100% 0 0%
DJ Glaze T 62 97% 3 10%
Davante Adams WR 61 95% 0 0%
Jakobi Meyers WR 59 92% 0 0%
Tre Tucker WR 52 81% 4 13%
Gardner Minshew II QB 51 80% 0 0%
Dylan Parham G 43 67% 3 10%
Brock Bowers TE 42 66% 0 0%
Michael Mayer TE 31 48% 3 10%
Alexander Mattison RB 28 44% 0 0%
Ameer Abdullah RB 22 34% 17 57%
Jackson Powers-Johnson G 21 33% 3 10%
Zamir White RB 14 22% 0 0%
Aidan O’Connell QB 13 20% 0 0%
DJ Turner WR 8 12% 26 87%
Harrison Bryant TE 3 5% 13 43%
Thayer Munford T 2 3% 0 0%
Defense
 Spec Tms
Player Pos Num Pct Num Pct
Tre’von Moehrig FS 74 100% 2 7%
Robert Spillane LB 74 100% 0 0%
Jack Jones CB 71 96% 0 0%
Jakorian Bennett CB 69 93% 0 0%
Maxx Crosby DE 61 82% 0 0%
Nate Hobbs CB 57 77% 0 0%
Christian Wilkins DT 56 76% 6 20%
Marcus Epps SS 54 73% 0 0%
Luke Masterson LB 52 70% 13 43%
John Jenkins DT 47 64% 7 23%
Adam Butler DT 43 58% 3 10%
Tyree Wilson DE 34 46% 0 0%
Isaiah Pola-Mao FS 27 36% 25 83%
Charles Snowden DE 26 35% 17 57%
Nesta Jade Silvera DT 26 35% 7 23%
Janarius Robinson DE 17 23% 6 20%
Jonah Laulu DT 11 15% 7 23%
Amari Gainer LB 10 14% 22 73%
Tommy Eichenberg LB 5 7% 20 67%
Special Teams
 Spec Tms
Player Pos Num Pct Num Pct
Kana’i Mauga LB 0 0% 24 80%
Christopher Smith SS 0 0% 21 70%
Amari Burney LB 0 0% 20 67%
Thomas Harper FS 0 0% 11 37%
AJ Cole III P 0 0% 8 27%
Jacob Bobenmoyer LS 0 0% 8 27%
Sam Webb CB 0 0% 8 27%
Daniel Carlson K 0 0% 7 23%
Darnay Holmes CB 0 0% 6 20%
Andrus Peat G 0 0% 3 1