ALAMEDA — Brandon Parker hadn’t played a single offensive snap in the NFL before Sunday’s game against the Browns.
The rookie offensive tackle, who the Raiders traded up to take with the first pick of the third round in April, logged eight special teams snaps in the first two games and was inactive Week 3.
But when veteran right tackle Donald Penn went down with a leg injury after playing only 35 of 92 Raiders offensive snaps on Sunday, Parker stepped in for the final 57 and performed admirably.
Parker’s lone significant gaffe came midway through overtime on 3rd-and-3, when Jamie Collins blazed by him for a sack that pushed Matt McCrane’s field goal (which he missed) back to 50 yards.