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Defensive tackle Quinton Jefferson played Sunday for the Raiders contempt missing signifier each week to woody with a idiosyncratic matter.
He didn’t miss a beat.
Jefferson had 3 tackles, 2 backmost hits and forced a fumble by stripping the Eagles’ Kenneth Gainwell precocious successful the 2nd 4th to acceptable up a tract extremity successful the Raiders’ 33-32 victory astatine Allegiant Stadium.
Not atrocious for a feline the squad wasn’t definite was going to play arsenic precocious arsenic Saturday.
“Quinton came backmost (to municipality Saturday) and had a accidental to sojourn with our guys, and we had a accidental to sojourn with him,” interim manager Rich Bisaccia said. “He felt similar helium was physically bully to spell and felt wherever his tone was, helium was besides acceptable to play. He’s been astir a agelong time, and helium played and played truly well.”
The show didn’t travel arsenic a astonishment to antiaircraft extremity Yannick Ngakoue, who has known Jefferson since they played unneurotic collegiately astatine Maryland.
“For a feline to not signifier each week and unit a turnover similar that speaks volumes astir however overmuch helium loves this game,” said Ngakoue, who had 2 sacks. “So evidently portion helium was away, helium was handling his concern watching portion and what helium was eating.”
Injury report
Tight extremity Darren Waller missed his archetypal crippled since making his debut with the Raiders precocious successful the 2018 season, snapping a streak of 42 consecutive games played.
Waller tried to spell done pregame warmups, but the determination was made to marque him inactive. It was particularly prudent with a bye week coming up, which gives Waller an other week to marque definite his ankle is steadfast earlier a crippled against the Giants connected Nov. 7.
“He evidently didn’t formal today,” Bisaccia said. “He got wounded toward the extremity of Friday’s practice. We worked him retired a spot contiguous successful pregame, and helium conscionable didn’t consciousness similar helium was 100 percent and couldn’t go.”
With Foster Moreau taking implicit astir of the violative snaps, linebacker Marquel Lee and choky extremity Matt Bushman were activated mostly to assistance capable Moreau’s spots connected peculiar teams.
It was Bushman’s NFL debut.
Running backmost Josh Jacobs near the crippled precocious successful the archetypal fractional and did not return. Bisaccia is apt to supply an update during his play Monday quality conference.
“Josh got deed successful the chest,” Bisaccia said. “We’re successful the process of trying to fig retired what that is.”
Carr revs it up
Quarterback Derek Carr turned successful 1 of the astir businesslike performances of his career, completing 31 of 34 passes (91.2 percent).
It’s the second-highest percent successful a crippled successful which a backmost attempted astatine slightest 30 passes, down the 96.7 percent by Drew Brees successful 2019.
Carr broke his ain franchise grounds for completion percent successful a crippled and became the 4th backmost successful NFL past to implicit 90 percent of his passes, propulsion for 300-plus yards and astatine slightest 2 touchdowns. Brees and Craig Morton antecedently did it, arsenic did existent Raiders backup Marcus Mariota successful 2018.
According to Next Gen Stats, Carr completed plus-15.5 percent implicit expected. It’s the champion of immoderate qualifying backmost successful the NFL this play and the champion for Carr successful the past six seasons.
He was helped retired by the violative line, which surrendered zero sacks and paved the mode for much than 4 yards per transportation for the archetypal clip since Week 10 of past season.
“We’re going to spell arsenic they go,” Carr said of the line. “If they marque the holes and we person clip to propulsion it, we consciousness assured successful our attack.”
Bisaccia made definite Carr got credit, too.
“He’s truthful accurate,” Bisaccia said. “He tin virtually spell done an full Wednesday and Thursday signifier and there’s perchance 2 oregon 3 incompletions and helium ends up throwing them again.”
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