Las Vegas Raiders star tight finish Darren Waller reportedly averted critical damage after exiting Thursday’s Thanksgiving matchup early in opposition to the Dallas Cowboys. In response to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Community, Waller’s MRI outcomes revealed that he suffered a strained IT band in his knee.

Waller injured his again early within the 36-33 additional time win over the Cowboys and was listed as questionable to return. When he reentered the sport, he injured his knee within the second quarter and didn’t return to motion. He was seen figuring out on an train bike on the Las Vegas sideline, however within the third quarter he was seen in avenue garments. A strained IT band is comparatively excellent news in comparison with a special form of knee damage that would have knocked Waller out for a big period of time.

Waller entered Thursday because the Raiders’ main receiver, however was surpassed by Hunter Renfrow after his monster eight-catch, 134-yard efficiency. Apparently sufficient, Derek Carr was capable of finding success by the air even with out his versatile tight finish, because the veteran DeSean Jackson caught three passes for 102 yards — together with a 56-yard landing to start out issues off within the first quarter — and Zay Jones caught 5 passes for 59 yards on seven targets. In all, Carr threw for 373 yards and one landing in what was the most-watched NFL regular-season recreation on any community since 1990.

It stays to be seen if Waller will miss time with this damage, however Rapoport calls the outcomes of his MRI “excellent information.”