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Raiders' Denzelle Good done for season due to torn ACL
Denzelle Good injured his knee during Monday's 33-27 win over the Ravens. Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

Raiders' Denzelle Good done for season due to torn ACL

The Las Vegas Raiders opened their season and closed the campaign's first week of meaningful action with a thrilling overtime "Monday Night Football" victory over the Baltimore Ravens but lost a key contributor in the process. 

ESPN's Jeremy Fowler (h/t Paul Gutierrez) reported Tuesday afternoon that right guard Denzelle Good will miss the rest of the season after he suffered a torn ACL in his left knee on Monday night. 

Head coach Jon Gruden said earlier in the day that backup quarterback Marcus Mariota, defensive tackle Gerald McCoy and defensive end Yannick Ngakoue could also be dealing with long-term injury setbacks. 

Good played well enough with the Raiders in 2020 to earn a two-year contract worth $8.4 million with $3.2 million guaranteed this past March. According to Tashan Reed of The Athletic, quarterback Derek Carr called Good "the team MVP" last November, while Gruden said Good "might be the unsung hero of our team" at that time. 

Jermaine Eluemunor, who only joined the Raiders earlier this month after he was released by the Jacksonville Jaguars, replaced Good in Monday's contest. 

The Raiders travel east to face the Pittsburgh Steelers this coming Sunday. Pittsburgh defeated the Buffalo Bills this past Sunday. 

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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