A few weeks ago, Raiders rookie second round pick Mario Edwards got his first start. This week he led all defensive linemen in snaps. It's clear the team is liking his versatility and keeping him in the lineup regardless of whether they choose to run the 3-4 or the 4-3.
His versatility was part of what attracted the Raiders to him coming out of Florida State. He can play a 3-tech defensive tackle and stop the run or he can play 3-4 defensive end and rush the passer.
These days, he also able to keep his energy up and move around better because the Raiders had him bring his playing weight down from over 300 pounds to around 280.
His increased speed and agility was noticeable especially on a play where he rushed up the middle only to have the quarterback throw to running back Chris Ivory on a screen. Edwards went from the offensive backfield and chased down Ivory and laid a vicious hit on him. Edwards also had a tackle for loss on third and one to end the Jets first drive and force them to settle for a field goal.
He finished with 4 tackles in the game.
Here are all the Raiders snap counts:
Off. | Def. | ST | |||||
Pos | Num | Pct | Num | Pct | Num | Pct | |
Austin Howard | T | 63 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 7 | 37% |
Donald Penn | T | 63 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 7 | 37% |
Gabe Jackson | G | 63 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 7 | 37% |
J'Marcus Webb | G | 63 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 7 | 37% |
Derek Carr | QB | 63 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
Rodney Hudson | C | 63 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
Amari Cooper | WR | 57 | 90% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
Michael Crabtree | WR | 44 | 70% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
Latavius Murray | RB | 41 | 65% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
Lee Smith | TE | 35 | 56% | 0 | 0% | 12 | 63% |
Seth Roberts | WR | 32 | 51% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 5% |
Andre Holmes | WR | 28 | 44% | 0 | 0% | 19 | 100% |
Clive Walford | TE | 27 | 43% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
Mychal Rivera | TE | 21 | 33% | 0 | 0% | 7 | 37% |
Marcel Reece | FB | 12 | 19% | 0 | 0% | 12 | 63% |
Taiwan Jones | RB | 8 | 13% | 0 | 0% | 18 | 95% |
Jamize Olawale | FB | 7 | 11% | 0 | 0% | 19 | 100% |
Roy Helu | RB | 2 | 3% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
Khalif Barnes | T | 1 | 2% | 0 | 0% | 7 | 37% |
Malcolm Smith | LB | 0 | 0% | 73 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
Charles Woodson | FS | 0 | 0% | 72 | 99% | 0 | 0% |
David Amerson | CB | 0 | 0% | 71 | 97% | 0 | 0% |
D.J. Hayden | CB | 0 | 0% | 71 | 97% | 0 | 0% |
Larry Asante | FS | 0 | 0% | 67 | 92% | 0 | 0% |
Mario Edwards | DE | 0 | 0% | 63 | 86% | 0 | 0% |
Aldon Smith | LB | 0 | 0% | 60 | 82% | 0 | 0% |
Travis Carrie | CB | 0 | 0% | 54 | 74% | 0 | 0% |
Denico Autry | DT | 0 | 0% | 54 | 74% | 0 | 0% |
Khalil Mack | DE | 0 | 0% | 52 | 71% | 0 | 0% |
Neiko Thorpe | CB | 0 | 0% | 52 | 71% | 0 | 0% |
Benson Mayowa | DE | 0 | 0% | 27 | 37% | 0 | 0% |
Stacy McGee | NT | 0 | 0% | 22 | 30% | 0 | 0% |
Curtis Lofton | LB | 0 | 0% | 18 | 25% | 0 | 0% |
Justin Ellis | NT | 0 | 0% | 16 | 22% | 0 | 0% |
Dan Williams | DT | 0 | 0% | 14 | 19% | 0 | 0% |
Ray-Ray Armstrong | LB | 0 | 0% | 7 | 10% | 15 | 79% |
Taylor Mays | FS | 0 | 0% | 6 | 8% | 0 | 0% |
Ben Heeney | LB | 0 | 0% | 2 | 3% | 0 | 0% |
Keith McGill | CB | 0 | 0% | 2 | 3% | 0 | 0% |
Lorenzo Alexander | LB | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 23 | 77% |
Sebastian Janikowski | K | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 14 | 47% |
Jon Condo | LS | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 10 | 33% |
Marquette King | P | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 10 | 33% |
Korey Toomer | LB | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 7 | 23% |
Tony Bergstrom | C | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 7 | 23% |
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