ALAMEDA — Benson Mayowa resists the urge to call 2019 a breakout season even though he’s already logged a career high seven sacks.
“I’ve been doing it, but sometimes, playing ball, we go off numbers,” Mayowa said Wednesday following practice. “We don’t go off film too much. I feel like if you’ve been watching, I’ve been doing it. It’s just the numbers haven’t been there.”
In his seventh season out of Idaho and his second stint with the Raiders, the 6-foot-3, 265-pound Mayowa had 1 1/2 sacks against the Chargers. He’s had sacks in five of eight games, and the seven sacks is tied for 11th in the NFL.