As expected, former Raiders’ quarterback will not play in Week 17
Derek Carr led the Las Vegas Raiders for nine seasons, being drafted in 2014. While the Silver and Black had two playoff appearances, it didn’t lead to consistent success and was released in 2023.
Carr signed with the New Orleans Saints when he became a free agent. Last season, he missed the playoffs going 9-8, and this year has dealt with multiple injuries, leaving him sidelined for a total of 6 games.
While Carr had hope to face the Raiders, he was ruled out of Sunday’s game on Friday along with running back Alvin Kamara.
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The recent injury for Carr was a concussion and fracture in his left hand. It was assumed the former Raiders quarterback would be out for his chance to face his former team. However, interim head coach Darren Rizzi believes Carr could suit up for the Saints on Sunday.
His grip strength gets a little bit better every day, The biggest thing would be being able to see if we could, on Friday or Saturday, get him to simulate what a game would look like.”
If Carr does suit up, it can give this game a little more juice between two teams looking to pick the top ten of the draft. Many Raiders fans would love to beat Carr after he departed from the team. If he doesn’t suit u,p Spencer Rattler would be the quarterback the Raiders face on Sunday.
In other Raiders links:
- Raiders preparing for different toolsets of the Saints quarterbacks: Levi Edwards of Raiders.com has the story on the Raiders defense preparations for Sunday.
- Thursday injury report for Week 17: Raiders could be down a starting offensive lineman heading into Sunday.
- Yahoo Sports 2025 NFL mock draft: Yahoo Spots released their newest mock draft for the 2025 NFL draft.
