Marred by a three-game losing streak, Derek Carr ignored fans calling for him to be benched and turned to words of wisdom from disgraced ex-coach Jon Gruden.
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Marred by a three-game losing streak, Las Vegas Raiders quarterback
Derek Carr ignored fans calling for him to be benched and turned to words of wisdom from his disgraced ex-coach
Jon Gruden.
Carr desperately needed a strong performance against the
Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving, and he delivered, leading the Raiders to an overtime victory on the big stage. After the win, Carr told reporters he leaned on advice from his former coach.
“Gruden used to tell me, ‘don’t ever take your arm out of a game,’ so when we call these things, let’s rip em,” Carr said, referring to the need to stay aggressive with their vertical game.
Gruden and the Raiders parted ways last month, after leaked emails showed the head coach using racist, sexist and homophobic language between 2011 and 2018.
Rich Bisaccia took over as head coach of the Raiders after Gruden’s unceremonious exit.
But Carr listened to the old advice of his former coach on Thursday, the quarterback stayed aggressive and relied on his arm during a shootout with Cowboys star
Dak Prescott, converting 24 of 39 passes for 373 yards.