HENDERSON, Nev. — The Raiders returned from their bye week and needed to cope with one other loss. Nate Hobbs completed their Week 5 loss to the Chiefs whereas taking part in by a damaged hand, however his harm required surgical procedure final week and he was positioned on injured reserve Monday. The cornerback will miss at the very least the subsequent 4 video games.
“That’s considered one of our greatest gamers,” coach Josh McDaniels mentioned Wednesday. “A man that performs plenty of positions, strikes round rather a lot, very aggressive in protection, good blitzer, good tackler, brings a component of physicality on each play. However it’s like the opposite issues we’ve handled this 12 months: Each workforce does it. We’re not distinctive. No one feels sorry for us. We don’t need that. We’ve acquired different guys which can be able to step in. I don’t know that they’ll duplicate his function, however they’ll share the burden.”
It’s an enormous loss for a protection that’s lacked playmakers this season. In addition to Maxx Crosby, Hobbs has been the one different constant difference-maker. The Raiders are twenty eighth in scoring protection, twenty second in yards per play allowed and twenty ninth in defensive whole anticipated factors added, in accordance with TruMedia. It is probably not a giant deal whether or not the secondary performs lights out this week in opposition to the
