SFGate.com · Sep 11, 2018
Raiders snap counts: Defensive front rotates but doesn’t generate much pressure
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Last season, Bruce Irvin was on the field for nearly 85 percent of the Raiders’ defensive snaps and never fewer than two-thirds of their snaps in a game.
In Monday night’s 33-13 loss to the Rams, Irvin played fewer than half of the defensive snaps for the Raiders - 31 of 63.
Irvin’s in a new role this season as a rush-first defensive end, and as promised the Raiders used a heavy rotation along their defensive front in their season-opener.
As some might have feared, meanwhile, particularly after the Raiders traded Khalil Mack to the Bears, their defensive front didn’t generate much of a pass-rush.
