There is no question the Raiders considerably mishandled their injured players last season. Based on a new study from Football Outsiders, however, that mishandling shouldn’t be the pointed to as a major factor in their lack of success.
The study brings together what they call Adjusted Games Lost, which in a nutshell quantifies how man games were missed when weighted for starters, quarterbacks, and key non-starters.
The end resulting figure for the Raiders AGL for 2017 was 44.2, which lands them in the 8 spot for fewest games lost to injury. And of the top nine in fewest AGL, the Raiders were the ONLY team without a winning record, thus removing any possibility of health being a factor in their 6-10 record or losing four straight to end the season.