The Raiders may be making a big-picture move. For the first time in his career, Derek Carr will be the Raiders’ backup quarterback. Josh McDaniels announced Jarrett Stidham will start in Week 17.
Carr, 31, is the longest-tenured starting quarterback in Raiders history and the team’s all-time passing leader. But he threw three interceptions last week and now leads the league with 14 this season. Considering the structure of Carr’s contract, this decision could have long-term ramifications.
This move is for the rest of the regular season, per McDaniels, who said (via NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport, on Twitter) the Raiders will evaluate the younger quarterback as well as other younger players. The team is already shutting downChandler Jones and Denzel Perryman; other vets could follow. This could impact the AFC and NFC playoff races; the Raiders host the 49ers in Week 17 and the Chiefs in Week 18. For Las Vegas, however, this decision may trigger a major change.
Months after McDaniels took over, he and GM Dave Ziegler authorized a second Carr extension — this one a three-year, $121.4MM deal — that locked down the ninth-year quarterback through 2025. But the contract gives the Raiders an out. Three days after Super Bowl LVII, $40.4MM — his $32.9MM 2023 salary and $7.5MM of his 2024 base — will become guaranteed. The Raiders, then, have a narrow window to find a trade partner.
The thing is, like with Stafford/Goff trade, it can’t be done before the beginning of the league year (mid-March). So Carr’s contract will vest into 1yr $40.5M. Which is all good if he plays well. Kind of hard to imagine that a LVR - Indy trade would happen as McDaniels backed out of his Indy coaching contract. Giants/Jets/Carolina? . . . Patriots? Can’t imagine much compensation, maybe a 2nd?
Probably no compensation as Carr has a no trade clause. I’d be surprised to see him agree to a trade. Raiders would have to cut him by 02/15 to avoid fully guaranteeing $40.5M.
Carr isnt their problem. The shit roster is #1 and McDaniels is #2.
14 picks? BFD.l 9 from the last 5 games is why…except they are 3-2 in those 5 games and lost the other 2 by an asshair to two bad teams in low scoring games.
That’s why. They needed one play and couldnt get it, with Jacobs and Adams…
While I was no fan of Gruden in his second stint there, the offence was humming last year with Carr at QB and the majority of the pieces in place again for 2022 and Adams added to the mix.
Of course another Patriots Way coach with an ego far bigger than they ability saw fit to tear up the scheme and play book as they knew best and put Carr in a position where he was never going to succeed. Like why not keep 75% of the old scheme which was working to a high level and add your own wrinkles to it and evolve it over time but at least give your team the best possible chance to succeed on the field.
In a development that certainly points to the Raiders exploring a separation, Derek Carr will not be with the team to finish the regular season.
Carr will step away from the Raiders for their final two weeks of the season, Ian Rapoport of NFL.comtweets. Discussions between Carr and Raiders brass led to this outcome, per Rapoport, and the ninth-year passer will not attend practices or the team’s final two games.
Themed around preventing distractions, this latest Carr news is not exactly in stride with a team merely making a performance-based change at quarterback. This will allow Carr to avoid answering questions about his Raiders status, and that status figures to come up often between now and the critical February window his new contract created.
