Overview

• Through two games, the Raiders rank among the league’s stingiest defenses, allowing 16.5 points per game and just 141 rushing yards at 3.2 yards per carry with no rushing touchdowns conceded.
• Washington will turn to backup quarterback Marcus Mariota after Jayden Daniels was ruled out for Week 3.
• Rookie right tackle Josh Conerly Jr. has struggled, with low Pro Football Focus grades and four sacks plus 11 pressures allowed, as veteran Andrew Wylie is set to move to right guard alongside him.
• Maxx Crosby enters with one sack, seven tackles, two tackles for loss, and two quarterback hits, and Commanders offensive line coach Bobby Johnson lauded his technique and relentlessness.
• Rookie Jacory Croskey-Merritt steps into a larger role after Austin Ekeler’s season-ending injury, having logged 99 rushing yards and a touchdown on 17 carries, with early success running to the right per Next Gen Stats.