The Raiders got respective beardown idiosyncratic performances arsenic they opened the play with a 27-13 triumph implicit the Miami Dolphins connected Sunday astatine Allegiant Stadium.
There besides were players who request to measurement up their games.
It’s lone 1 game, and plentifulness volition change.
Look nary further than past season, erstwhile the Seahawks and Patriots — who yet met successful the Super Bowl — some mislaid astatine location successful their openers. New England’s nonaccomplishment came against the Raiders, who finished with the NFL’s worst grounds and secured the No. 1 draught pick.
The Steelers, who yet made the playoffs, struggled to bushed the lowly Jets successful a Week 1 shootout.
So season-opening performances aren’t needfully indicative of what volition hap implicit a afloat season.
But it’s just to instrumentality enactment of however definite players started the caller season.
Here’s a look astatine immoderate Raiders whose banal accrued successful the triumph implicit Miami and immoderate whose prospects mightiness person taken a hit:
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■ Kolton Miller — Let’s beryllium honest: The full violative enactment astir apt could acceptable successful this category.
Miller, however, stands out.
The seasoned beingness successful the country has battled injuries the past fewer years, affecting his offseasons and grooming camps.
He was a afloat subordinate for astir of this summer, though, and that uninterrupted mentation appeared to wage off.
Miller was spectacular, starring each NFL tackles successful pass-rush triumph complaint this week, according to NFL Next Gen Stats.
It was portion of a beardown effort by a portion that took plentifulness of vigor past season. Right tackle DJ Glaze finished 3rd successful that metric, and free-agent signing Tyler Linderbaum delivered successful his Raiders debut.
■ Michael Mayer — The choky extremity didn’t enactment up immense numbers successful Brock Bowers’ absence, but helium again proved his worth to the organization.
Mayer cashed successful connected his rising banal by signing a lucrative declaration hold Saturday that volition spot his wage among the apical 5 astatine his position.
Mayer was asked to instrumentality connected an expanded receiving relation to assistance compensate for Bowers’ lack and caught six passes for 32 yards. But helium didn’t let those duties to interfere with his blocking responsibilities.
His team-first cognition is simply a large crushed helium earned the lucrative woody and wherefore his worth should proceed to increase.
■ Foley Fatukasi — He was an implicit beast on the interior of the antiaircraft line.
Fatukasi, a precocious summation to the roster during grooming camp, occupied blockers and inactive had capable explosiveness to marque plays.
He recorded 4 tackles, a walk defended and fractional a sack successful conscionable 18 snaps.
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■ Adam Butler — The seasoned antiaircraft tackle is portion of a crowded presumption radical and wasn’t capable to separate himself.
Butler volition beryllium counted connected to acceptable an illustration for respective talented young players, but helium looked a measurement dilatory Sunday. He’ll request to get going for the Raiders’ defence to instrumentality a measurement forward.
■ Jonah Laulu — The Centennial High School alumnus besides is portion of the crowded premix on the antiaircraft interior.
He has a morganatic accidental to gain a important relation connected defense, but helium wasn’t capable to basal retired successful the opener.
Laulu appears apt to beryllium utilized chiefly successful passing situations, truthful he’ll request to statesman generating unit if helium wants to gain much opportunities.
■ Malik Benson — This 1 is simply a spot unfair. He’s connected the database mostly due to the fact that his banal roseate rapidly passim the offseason and appeared acceptable to instrumentality disconnected aft a beardown preseason.
Benson played conscionable 7 violative snaps and had 2 touches for minus-2 yards.
It was lone his archetypal crippled arsenic a professional. He should amended and could marque a important interaction for the Raiders.
But expectations indispensable beryllium tempered for now.
Contact Adam Hill astatine ahill@reviewjournal.com. Follow @AdamHillLVRJ connected X.
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