One huge reason why Raiders' Derek Carr had a disappointing week
The Las Vegas Raiders entered Week 14 on a three-game win streak that I think most of us expected to be extended to four games. The Rams are awful this year, but they stepped up and played some of their best football this season on Thursday. We expected the Raiders to win because of a […]
The Las Vegas Raiders entered Week 14 on a three-game win streak that I think most of us expected to be extended to four games. The Rams are awful this year, but they stepped up and played some of their best football this season on Thursday.
We expected the Raiders to win because of a few things. The Rams were using a quarterback they had for just 48 hours in Baker Mayfield. Aaron Donald, their best player, was out. Cooper Kupp, their second-best player, was out. The Rams had a lot of players out.
The Rams were 3-9 on the year, and are now 4-9, but the Raiders were coming into the game as one of the hottest teams in the league. Even in a bad year, the Raiders were still big favorites entering the game.
But, we all know how that ended. The Rams ended up coming back from down 13 points in the fourth quarter.
The game was disappointing, to say the least, and Derek Carr had a disappointing week. Carr was 11-20 with 137 passing yards and two interceptions.
But there is one huge reason Carr was so bad.
According to ESPN Stats and Paul Gutierrez of ESPN, Carr was pressured on 11 of his 23 drop backs on Sunday, which was the highest rate in his entire career. While pressured, he was 4-8 for 24 yards and, of course, had the two interceptions.
The Raiders' offensive line started the season awful. Since then, they had been steadily improving and gaining some consistency, that is, until Thursday night.
They played awful, to put it nicely. We have seen Carr have some pretty bad games this season, but I think that one and the New Orleans game may be the two worst of the season.
That's one huge reason he played so badly, and when your quarterback plays badly, your offense will play badly. That is just how it is.
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