“Would Have Signed a Waiver”: Derek Carr Reveals How Far He Was Willing To Go To Finish Season With Raiders Despite Failing To Convince HC & GM

Two games. That’s all Derek Carr had left in his ninth season with the Raiders when the team decided to bench him. If you were the franchise’s all-time leading passer, wouldn’t you give up your injury protection just to play them? Carr says he would have, if anyone had asked. Josh McDaniels and Dave Ziegler never raised it, and Carr watched the finish from the sideline. “Well, I wish you know a lot of it has to do with when you have injury guarantees,” Derek Carr said on Get Got Pod with Marshawn Lynch & Mike Robinson .