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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

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.

NFL analyst urges Giants to trade for TE Harrison Bryant

One NFL analyst believes the New York Giants should swing a trade for Las Vegas Raiders tight end Harrison Bryant.

The New York Giants have a glut of players clogging up their tight end room. The retirement of Darren Waller was met with general manager Joe Schoen bringing in several free agents to compete with the incumbents as well as using a fourth-round draft pick on one.

Yet, Alex Ballentine of Bleacher Report believes the Giants could use one more body in the building — fifth-year veteran Harrison Bryant, who played his first four seasons with the Cleveland Browns and is now with the Las Vegas Raiders.

Giants Receive: TE Harrison Bryant, 2026 seventh-round pick

Raiders Receive: 2026 sixth-round pick

The last time the Giants traded for a Raiders tight end it didn’t work out so well. Darren Waller only ended up playing 12 games last season, averaged 10.6 yards per reception and retired this offseason.

The Giants drafted Theo Johnson and still have Daniel Bellinger on the roster, but it might be worth going back to the Raiders to add another option.

This time, the trade would be much more low stakes. The Raiders signed Harrison Bryant to a one-year, $3.3 million contract in March, but couldn’t have factored in drafting Brock Bowers at the time. Drafting the rookie phenomenon out of Georgia probably puts Bryant third in the tight end pecking order right away.

Meanwhile, the Giants might have pursued a free agent tight end a little harder if Waller had announced his retirement before June. Here, both clubs get a chance for a redo. The former Mackey Award winner could help out New York until Johnson is ready to play.

This all makes sense from the outside looking in, but there’s really no room at the inn at the moment.

The Giants like their tight ends right now. Bellinger and Johnson (who is currently on PUP with s hip flexor) are being pushed by Lawrence Cager, Chris Manhertz, and Jack Stoll this summer.

Cager has really opened some eyes as a pass catcher. He will be a difficult player to cut. Stoll and Manhertz were both signed as free agents for one year and the Giants want to see what they can do before moving on.

Johnson is the real key here, however. The Giants are very high on him and with any luck, he’ll be back in time to compete for a significant role as well.

It’s true that you can never have enough good players but tight end is not where Joe Schoen wants to be spending what little resources he has remaining this summer.

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Browns projected to receive two 7th-round comp picks for exits of Sione Takitaki, Harrison Bryant

The Browns are unofficially projected to receive two late-round comp picks for the departures of two free agents.

The Cleveland Browns are set to see two more late-round picks added to their tally in the 2025 NFL draft after the departure of two free agents. Losing tight end Harrison Bryant and linebacker Sione Takitaki to the Las Vegas Raiders and New England Patriots respectively, the Browns are slated to receive an additional seventh round pick for each.

While this information is unofficial, the compensatory pick formula has been cracked by Over the Cap, and this information is as close to gold as it gets without being verified and released by the NFL.

Already with eight picks in the 2025 NFL draft in their possession, these two unofficial compensatory picks would push their total to double digits. Seeing how general manager Andrew Berry has used Day 3 picks to land talents like wide receivers Amari Cooper and Jerry Jeudy, as well as defensive end Za’Darius Smith, these picks are nothing to scoff at.

What Condition the Position is in: Assessing Raiders level of need at TE heading into the Draft

What Condition Raiders tight end Position is in heading into the Draft

With the draft weeks away, it’s time to check in on the Raiders’ tight end position to give it a condition of either Strong, Stable, Unstable, Serious, or Critical.

Starter: Michael Mayer
Depth: Harrison Bryant, Zach Gentry, Cole Fotheringham, John Samuel Shenker

Mayer was expected to be a plug-and-play tight end. It didn’t quite happen that way. He didn’t have his second NFL catch until Week five. And he didn’t have his first NFL touchdown until Week 10. But you did see flashes of why he was drafted at 35 overall and the Raiders will give him another shot to live up to his potential as a starter. Bryant never lived up to the receiving number he put up as a senior at Florida Atlantic. But he’s been a passable NFL second tight end. The rest of the tight ends will compete for the final roster spot.

Condition: Stable

Notes: With Mayer in place and Bryant added to the team, the Raiders can focus on other positions of need in the draft.

7 Tight ends the Vikings should pursue in free agency

Do the Minnesota Vikings sign a tight end to fill in for T.J. Hockenson? From Noah Fant to Hunter Henry, these 7 options are intriguing

The Minnesota Vikings are in an interesting position at tight end going into free agency. They theoretically are set with T.J. Hockenson and Josh Oliver as the top two tight ends in the room. However, that is murky for 2024 with the torn ACL suffered on Christmas Eve by Hockenson since he didn’t have surgery to repair the injury until the end of January.

What should the Vikings do at the position? If they plan on redshirting Hockenson, would they end up signing a bridge player to get them through 2024? Do they choose to bring back Johnny Mundt and ride with the three guys in the room?

With how general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah has pursued things so far, a bridge tight end makes a lot of sense. Here are seven different tight ends that could fit the bill and be that bridge player.

Ranking 2024’s top 12 free-agent tight ends

Top tight ends hitting free agency this offseason:

Even after last year’s signing of Hayden Hurst, could the Carolina Panthers be in the market for a new tight end?

If so, here are some of the best that free agency has to offer:

PFF’s 10 highest-graded Browns’ offensive players vs. Texans

The magic ran out for the Browns offense on Saturday

The magic that Joe Flacco brought to town for the Cleveland Browns ran out on Saturday after the wheels fell off the wagon in the second half. They were led by Harrison Bryant and Kareem Hunt in the first half, but could not keep it together for four quarters.

After a promising first half and a defensive stop to start the third quarter, Flacco threw pick-sixes on back-to-back drives. The team never recovered.

Again, the Texans made it difficult to run the ball, and the Browns became one-dimensional after the deficit grew. Give credit to DeMeco Ryans and his young defense as their plan to take Amari Cooper away worked well after he embarrassed them on Christmas Eve.

As the lead for Houston grew, the mental mistakes from the Browns’ offense started to pile up in a hurry. The make-shift tackle situation fell apart around Flacco, leading to the first pick-six as he tried to throw the ball away.

Here are the top 10 performances from the offense according to PFF as the Browns season ends in Houston.

PFF’s 10 highest-graded Browns’ offensive players vs. Rams

The passing offense looked as good as it has in awhile

It wasn’t enough to get the win as the defense struggled on the road again but the passing offense looked solid in Los Angeles against the Rams on Sunday. The Cleveland Browns passing offense had failed to push the ball vertically in prior weeks but Joe Flacco showed early and often he wasn’t afraid to push the ball down the field.

The running game struggled at times like they have all year but it was promising to see the successful deep shots in the pass game. Elijah Moore had his best game as a Brown as his past relationship with Flacco was evident. The loss of Amari Cooper loomed all game long and you have to wonder how much better they could have been if he hadn’t gotten injured.

Time will tell if the 38-year-old quarterback will remain the starter and productive with his age but Sunday should give fans hope about the direction of the passing offense.

Here are the 10 best performances on the offensive side of the ball according to PFF.

Browns QB Joe Flacco continues to thrive as he hit Harrison Bryant vs. Rams

The Browns are not going anywhere!

In a back-and-forth game, the Cleveland Browns have punched back against the Los Angeles Rams. After surrendering a long touchdown drive defensively, the veteran Joe Flacco has continued to lead this offense down the field. This time, he pulls the Browns back into this game, hitting tight end Harrison Bryant for a touchdown.

This capped off a 13-play, 75-yard drive for the Browns. Flacco now sits with 254 yards passing and two touchdowns in his debut for Cleveland. Harrison Bryant is now up to 49 yards on five catches after this touchdown grab as well on the day.

Unfortunately, however, kicker Dustin Hopkins missed the extra point as the Browns now trail the Rams by one. Hopkins has been money all season, and this miss leaves everyone in a state of shock.

With nine minutes to go, the Browns need their defense to clamp down and get the ball back for the offense.

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