The Oakland Raiders (1-3) ended their pre-season with a 23-16 defeat last night versus the Seattle Seahawks in a game that featured mainly back-ups, as head coach Lane Kiffin’s goal was to avoid any more major injuries.

“Very successful on the first thing: nobody got hurt,” he stated after the game.

JaMarcus Russell was in uniform, but stood on the sidelines as Andrew Walter started, going 16/24 for 162 yards, solidifying his position as the 1^st overall picks back-up.

Oakland’s lone touchdown came in the final quarter when Marques Tuiasosopo connected with Marcel Reece for 25-yards. “(Reece) is very explosive with the ball, and he made a great play on the touchdown there,” Kiffin stated.

Darren McFadden was impressive once again in game action. The rookie played very little, but demonstrated his big play potential with his 4 carries for 50 yards. On one 23-yard gain, he was one shoestring tackle away from busting a big play.

Walter commented on McFadden’s explosiveness after the contest, stating, “Absolutely. You see it every day in practice, but when you see it out there in the game … he looked great.”

Oakland finally got some work in with Sebastian Janikowski and Shane Lechler on field goal attempts, but not without showing some rust after being inactive earlier in the pre-season. Lechler botched an errant snap by center Jon Condo on a 21-yard field goal attempt in the first quarter, which he then tried to toss away but was intercepted by CJ Wallace and returned for 41 yards.

Janikowski nailed three field goals from distances of 40, 50 and 37 yards.

The Raiders eventually ended the pre-season the way they started it, running the football effectively, amassing 157 yards on 28 carries, led by Michael Bush’s 12 attempts.

Receiver Jonathan Holland, who has struggled throughout camp and has had his difficulties on offense when on the practice field, made his presence felt on kick returns, compiling 71-yards on 2 attempts last night.