There is 60 minutes in an NFL game. And for 50 of those minutes Saturday, the Raiders defense held the Steelers to three points.
Unfortunately, for the final 50 of those 60 minutes, the Raiders *scored* only three points.
In times like these, the Raiders need to be at full strength on defense. For those final ten minutes, they were down two crucial parts of their defense. Two Pro Bowl players, as a matter of fact.
They lost DE Chandler Jones early in the third quarter and he did not return. Then early in the fourth quarter, they would lose LB Denzel Perryman as well.
Jones had been playing his best football of late for the Raiders, including making the game-winning fumble recovery for a touchdown the previous game against the Patriots. While Perryman is the quarterback of the Raiders’ defense and their leading tackler.
Thus after keeping the Steelers offense from getting in the end zone all game, the Raiders defense finally broke down in the final minute to give up a score. And with the Raiders offense unable to get in the end zone after their opening drive, that score was enough for the Steelers to pull out the 13-10 win.
| Offense | Spec Tms | ||||
| Player | Pos | Num | Pct | Num | Pct |
| Dylan Parham | G | 53 | 100% | 2 | 9% |
| Jermaine Eluemunor | G | 53 | 100% | 2 | 9% |
| Kolton Miller | T | 53 | 100% | 2 | 9% |
| Alex Bars | G | 53 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Andre James | C | 53 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Derek Carr | QB | 53 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Davante Adams | WR | 51 | 96% | 0 | 0% |
| Mack Hollins | WR | 50 | 94% | 2 | 9% |
| Josh Jacobs | RB | 43 | 81% | 0 | 0% |
| Foster Moreau | TE | 36 | 68% | 6 | 27% |
| Hunter Renfrow | WR | 25 | 47% | 3 | 14% |
| Darren Waller | TE | 21 | 40% | 0 | 0% |
| Jakob Johnson | FB | 13 | 25% | 9 | 41% |
| Keelan Cole | WR | 12 | 23% | 0 | 0% |
| Ameer Abdullah | RB | 10 | 19% | 14 | 64% |
| Brandon Bolden | RB | 2 | 4% | 15 | 68% |
| Thayer Munford | T | 2 | 4% | 2 | 9% |
| Defense | Spec Tms | ||||
| Player | Pos | Num | Pct | Num | Pct |
| Maxx Crosby | DE | 68 | 100% | 6 | 27% |
| Duron Harmon | SS | 68 | 100% | 5 | 23% |
| Trevon Moehrig | FS | 68 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
| Amik Robertson | CB | 66 | 97% | 0 | 0% |
| Nate Hobbs | CB | 65 | 96% | 3 | 14% |
| Luke Masterson | LB | 57 | 84% | 11 | 50% |
| Clelin Ferrell | DE | 49 | 72% | 8 | 36% |
| Denzel Perryman | LB | 49 | 72% | 0 | 0% |
| Bilal Nichols | DT | 48 | 71% | 6 | 27% |
| Tyler Hall | CB | 38 | 56% | 0 | 0% |
| Andrew Billings | DT | 38 | 56% | 0 | 0% |
| Chandler Jones | DE | 29 | 43% | 0 | 0% |
| Jerry Tillery | DT | 19 | 28% | 5 | 23% |
| Roderic Teamer | SS | 17 | 25% | 11 | 50% |
| Kyle Peko | DT | 15 | 22% | 7 | 32% |
| Neil Farrell | DT | 14 | 21% | 0 | 0% |
| Malcolm Koonce | DE | 13 | 19% | 15 | 68% |
| Darien Butler | LB | 12 | 18% | 19 | 86% |
| Sam Webb | CB | 10 | 15% | 1 | 5% |
| Isaiah Pola-Mao | FS | 3 | 4% | 13 | 59% |
| Sidney Jones | CB | 2 | 3% | 0 | 0% |
| Special Teams | Spec Tms | ||||
| Player | Pos | Num | Pct | Num | Pct |
| Matthias Farley | FS | 0 | 0% | 20 | 91% |
| Curtis Bolton | LB | 0 | 0% | 14 | 64% |
| Jesper Horsted | TE | 0 | 0% | 11 | 50% |
| Trent Sieg | LS | 0 | 0% | 7 | 32% |
| AJ Cole III | P | 0 | 0% | 7 | 32% |
| Brittain Brown | RB | 0 | 0% | 7 | 32% |
| Daniel Carlson | K | 0 | 0% | 5 | 23% |
| Sebastian Gutierrez | T | 0 | 0% | 2 | 9% |
| Hroniss Grasu | C | 0 | 0% | 2 | 9 |
