Derek Carr has been the subject of trade rumors over the past few years, but the Raiders quarterback doesn’t intend to play anywhere but Las Vegas. In fact, Carr said today that he’d rather retire than be traded to a new squad.
“I’d probably quit football if I had to play for somebody else,” Carr said (via ESPN’s Paul Gutierrez). “I am a Raider for my entire life. I’m going to root for one team for the rest of my life — it’s the Raiders. So, I just feel that so strong in my heart I don’t need a perfect situation … to make things right.
“I’d rather go down with the ship, you know what I’m saying, if I have to.”
While the front office has continually supported the three-time Pro Bowler, that hasn’t stopped the trade rumors; it was only February that we last heard that Carr could be on the move. While the 30-year-old has managed to put up some solid individual numbers (including a handful of franchise records), the Raiders have only made the playoffs once since he entered the NFL in 2014.
Until the Raiders return to the postseason, there will continue to be question marks surrounding Carr’s future in Las Vegas, but the quarterback made it clear that he wouldn’t consider reversing his fortunes elsewhere.
“I’m that old-school mentality — I’m playing for one team and that’s it,” Carr said. “Whether we’ve won enough or not, I literally give every bit of energy and effort that I can to this organization and when I sign a contract, I completely, in my mind, have to fulfill that. I committed to that. I put my name on paper.”
Carr inked a five-year, $125MM contract in 2017. The deal expires at the end of the 2022 campaign.
Gruden sucks! Enjoy the next 7 years Raiders’ fans.
All he does is complain about his QB, but refuses to draft one, in 3 years. Why? When as an announcer he loved every QB; but not 1 to his liking in 3 years as a HC?
Carr is fine, like Cousins. Needs a good team around him. Jon hasn’t given him one at all.
So when Jon had his QB Camp show he was criticized for not speaking bad about any QB’s, and as an announcer he only spoke lovingly of everyone.
Carr is an eleven ranked QB from last year. He needs to be a little more aggressive to be a top five QB in the NFL.
What no one is actually talking about is that the Raiders are actually in every game on every Sunday. It has been decades since that could be said….
I don’t see anyone pointing out that Jon and Mike put together the team and the game plan to be 1 play and 4 points from sweeping KC. The Raiders have gotten younger and more athletic, let that one marinate.
It doesn’t help that Mayock drafts guys that would be available a full round later, they’re the blind leading the blind
Gruden was there before Mayock. Jon has serious input on who is drafted. But it does prove that ‘draft experts’ aren’t really experts after all.
If you think gruden isn’t the one making early picks you havnt been paying attention.
Agree but Mayock doesn’t help, at best he enables Gruden more
Carr stating he will retire if the Raiders attempt to trade him is nonsense.
Sounds a lot like a ploy to dissuade ending up in a Packers uniform this season.
Gruden & Mayock egos are cashing big checks but they can’t build a team because of it. Easier to throw the stones then build a team. Mel Kiper has made a huge amount of money of being the so called expert but never accepted a GM’s position because his career would be over.
You hit the nail on the head. Mel makes $400k per year with zero accountability and has a net worth of around $7 Million at the age of 60. Gruden makes more than that in a single year. It’s so easy to judge picks when you have zero accountability to the end result.
If he was really “the guru”, somebody would have offered him a lot more money to run their player personnel department. Plain and simple: it has never happened and won’t, because on air camera guys aren’t taken seriously by the league unless the league sees value in their analytic skill sets.
Huge fan of Derek Carr. Dude is a good QB, and I hope he plays the rest of his career for the Raiders
I’m happy with David Carr as our QB1 and hope we never trade him.
The front office can’t remember how many busts we’ve had at quarterback?