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Raiders week 10 snap counts vs Chargers: Karl Joseph gets first start of 2018, sees season high in snaps

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NFL: Los Angeles Chargers at Oakland Raiders Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports

It’s about time. Past time, in fact, that Karl Joseph saw extensive playing time for the Raiders. He missed three games with injury this season, but has been active for six. And yet the full time starter in 2016 has barely seen the field in that time while the Raiders continued to trot out Reggie Nelson and Marcus Gilchrist each week for no good reason.

It became apparent a few weeks ago that this season was a wash. Since then the calls to get their young players on the field has gotten louder. Especially with regard to the safety position where playing a 35-year-old and a journeyman veteran is not the answer.

Joseph took the field with the starters for this game and would play 45 snaps (80%) which is easily a season-high for him. He finished third on the team with 5 tackles. Meanwhile, Reggie Nelson — who has started seven games this season — saw his snaps drop to just 12 (21%).

Likewise with rookie Nick Nelson who saw a season high 24 snaps (43%) while veteran Leon Hall’s snaps dropped to 12 (21%).

This is as it should be. Now if they could just get Erik Harris more snaps at strong safety and put Karl Joseph at free safety where he belongs. Baby steps.

Raiders week 10 snap counts

. . Offense . Defense . Special Tms
. . Offense . Defense . Special Tms
Player Pos Num Pct Num Pct Num
Gabe Jackson G 63 100% 0 0% 2
Kolton Miller T 63 100% 0 0% 2
Brandon Parker T 63 100% 0 0% 2
Kelechi Osemele G 63 100% 0 0% 2
Derek Carr QB 63 100% 0 0% 0
Rodney Hudson C 63 100% 0 0% 0
Brandon LaFell WR 57 90% 0 0% 0
Jordy Nelson WR 43 68% 0 0% 0
Jared Cook TE 37 59% 0 0% 0
Martavis Bryant WR 35 56% 0 0% 0
Doug Martin RB 30 48% 0 0% 0
Seth Roberts WR 28 44% 0 0% 0
Jalen Richard RB 27 43% 0 0% 0
Lee Smith TE 23 37% 0 0% 8
Derek Carrier TE 18 29% 0 0% 18
Keith Smith FB 9 14% 0 0% 16
DeAndre Washington RB 6 10% 0 0% 6
Dwayne Harris WR 2 3% 0 0% 16
Tahir Whitehead LB 0 0% 56 100% 4
Marcus Gilchrist FS 0 0% 50 89% 6
Karl Joseph SS 0 0% 45 80% 3
Daryl Worley CB 0 0% 44 79% 6
Maurice Hurst DT 0 0% 39 70% 0
Johnathan Hankins DT 0 0% 38 68% 4
Frostee Rucker DE 0 0% 38 68% 1
Arden Key DE 0 0% 37 66% 3
Gareon Conley CB 0 0% 37 66% 3
Nicholas Morrow LB 0 0% 36 64% 16
Rashaan Melvin CB 0 0% 31 55% 3
Shilique Calhoun DE 0 0% 24 43% 16
Nick Nelson CB 0 0% 24 43% 11
P.J. Hall DT 0 0% 24 43% 0
Marquel Lee LB 0 0% 20 36% 20
Jason Cabinda LB 0 0% 20 36% 5
Jacquies Smith DE 0 0% 13 23% 0
Reggie Nelson FS 0 0% 12 21% 5
Leon Hall CB 0 0% 12 21% 0
Erik Harris SS 0 0% 11 20% 20
Clinton McDonald DT 0 0% 5 9% 4
Kyle Wilber LB 0 0% 0 0% 19
Trent Sieg LS 0 0% 0 0% 6
Johnny Townsend P 0 0% 0 0% 6
Daniel Carlson K 0 0% 0 0% 5
David Sharpe T 0 0% 0 0% 2
Jon Feliciano G 0 0% 0 0% 2