The Raiders weren’t kidding when they said Zay Jones was going to step into the role of number one receiver for the departed Henry Ruggs III.
Jones led all wide receivers in the game, taking all but three snaps (66). That’s actually would have been a career-high for Ruggs, both in terms of offensive snaps and percentage (96%). Stats were another story.
Ruggs averaged five targets per game this season. And he led the team in receiving. Jones saw four targets and had just one catch for 20 yards.
Fellow starting receiver Bryan Edwards was right behind Jones with 64 snaps (93%). And he didn’t have a single catch on four targets. So, what did the Raiders have to show for those 130 combined snaps? Eight targets. One catch. One interception.
Jones was the intended target on Derek Carr’s second interception. Certainly, Carr deserves some blame for the lack of connections with his starting outside receivers. But regardless, that’s an ugly stat line.
| OFFENSE | Special Teams | ||||
| Player | Pos | Num | Pct | Num | Pct |
| Kolton Miller | T | 69 | 100% | 5 | 19% |
| Brandon Parker | T | 69 | 100% | 5 | 19% |
| Alex Leatherwood | T | 69 | 100% | 5 | 19% |
| John Simpson | G | 69 | 100% | 5 | 19% |
| Andre James | C | 69 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Derek Carr | QB | 68 | 99% | 0 | 0% |
| Zay Jones | WR | 66 | 96% | 0 | 0% |
| Bryan Edwards | WR | 64 | 93% | 0 | 0% |
| Darren Waller | TE | 61 | 88% | 0 | 0% |
| Hunter Renfrow | WR | 45 | 65% | 3 | 12% |
| Josh Jacobs | RB | 34 | 49% | 0 | 0% |
| Kenyan Drake | RB | 31 | 45% | 0 | 0% |
| Foster Moreau | TE | 22 | 32% | 16 | 62% |
| Alec Ingold | FB | 14 | 20% | 16 | 62% |
| Jalen Richard | RB | 5 | 7% | 6 | 23% |
| Dillon Stoner | WR | 1 | 1% | 12 | 46% |
| Daniel Helm | TE | 1 | 1% | 7 | 27% |
| Nick Martin | C | 1 | 1% | 5 | 19% |
| Marcus Mariota | QB | 1 | 1% | 0 | 0% |
| DEFENSE | Spec Tms | ||||
| Player | Pos | Num | Pct | Num | Pct |
| Trevon Moehrig | FS | 56 | 100% | 10 | 38% |
| Brandon Facyson | CB | 56 | 100% | 7 | 27% |
| Casey Hayward | CB | 56 | 100% | 2 | 8% |
| Johnathan Abram | SS | 56 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Denzel Perryman | LB | 55 | 98% | 0 | 0% |
| Cory Littleton | LB | 50 | 89% | 10 | 38% |
| Maxx Crosby | DE | 40 | 71% | 5 | 19% |
| Johnathan Hankins | NT | 39 | 70% | 5 | 19% |
| Yannick Ngakoue | DE | 38 | 68% | 0 | 0% |
| Nate Hobbs | CB | 31 | 55% | 10 | 38% |
| Quinton Jefferson | DT | 31 | 55% | 5 | 19% |
| K.J. Wright | LB | 25 | 45% | 0 | 0% |
| Darius Philon | DT | 22 | 39% | 0 | 0% |
| Solomon Thomas | DT | 20 | 36% | 5 | 19% |
| Carl Nassib | DE | 17 | 30% | 11 | 42% |
| Clelin Ferrell | DE | 17 | 30% | 0 | 0% |
| Dallin Leavitt | FS | 6 | 11% | 21 | 81% |
| Desmond Trufant | CB | 1 | 2% | 2 | 8% |
| SPECIAL TEAMS | Spec Tms | ||||
| Player | Pos | Num | Pct | Num | Pct |
| Marquel Lee | LB | 0 | 0% | 17 | 65% |
| Divine Deablo | LB | 0 | 0% | 16 | 62% |
| Nick Kwiatkoski | LB | 0 | 0% | 15 | 58% |
| Tyree Gillespie | SS | 0 | 0% | 14 | 54% |
| Keisean Nixon | CB | 0 | 0% | 13 | 50% |
| Daniel Carlson | K | 0 | 0% | 10 | 38% |
| Trent Sieg | LS | 0 | 0% | 7 | 27% |
| AJ Cole III | P | 0 | 0% | 7 | 27% |
| Jermaine Eluemunor | G | 0 | 0% | 5 | 19% |
| Marcell Ateman | WR | 0 | 0% | 3 | 12 |