Raiders: Derek Carr Era as QB1 will end with no farewell tour
Legacy of Losing
Fans of Derek Carr will look at his nine-year career with the Silver and Black and speak of the above-mentioned records. In fairness to No. 4, he put up some impressive statistics at the helm of the Raiders offense, all the while doing it with subpar defenses and a ton of different coaches along the way.
However, haters of Carr will speak to his career record with the franchise, as he put together only two season above .500, and finished with a 63-79 record overall.
He led the franchise to the playoffs only twice, once in 2016, a year that saw him break his leg on Christmas Eve and not be available for the playoffs, and last season, where he helped the team on a four-game winning streak to close the regular season and clinch a playoff spot.
To be fair, the Raiders franchise as a whole has been bad since the Rich Gannon years, and they had not made the playoffs since the 2002 campaign before 2016. Still, wins are almost always tied to the starting quarterback, and in Carr’s case, there were way too many losses than Raiders fans would hope to remember.