Derek Carr was emotional after Raiders loss to Colts
Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr was emotional after the group’s loss to the Indianapolis Colts when discussing how tough their season has been.
Derek Carr and the Las Vegas Raiders are having the precise reverse of a season they have been anticipated to have. Thought-about to be playoff contenders within the AFC, that they had simply two wins on the 12 months, and are within the driver’s seat for the second-overall choose within the 2023 NFL Draft. Simply once they thought their luck couldn’t get any worse, Week 10 occurred.
Las Vegas fell to the Indianapolis Colts 25-20 to fall to a 2-7 file. This was the very Indianapolis Colts group who hired Jeff Saturday to be their interim head coach, who had zero teaching expertise. To not point out that quarterback Matt Ryan returned from the bench and had his greatest recreation of the season.
After the sport, Carr was emotional on the press convention when discussing how tough the season has been for the Raiders.
Derek Carr in tears after Raiders loss to Colts
“I like Josh [McDaniels]. I like our coaches. They’ve had nothing however success. Far more success than I’ve ever had,” stated Carr. “Sorry to be emotional. I’m simply pissed off about a number of the issues that a number of us try to do exactly to follow, what we put our our bodies by way of simply to sleep at evening…And for that to be the results of all of that effort, pisses me off. Pisses a number of guys off.
“It’s onerous figuring out what some guys are doing. Like I stated, simply to follow. What they’re placing of their physique simply to sleep at evening, simply so we will be there for one another. And I want everybody in that room felt the identical means about this place, and as a frontrunner that pisses me off, if I’m being trustworthy.”
Carr has been a member of the Raiders ever since he joined the NFL as a second-round draft choose in 2014. Final 12 months was a tumultuous one for the Raiders, as head coach Jon Gruden resigned following an electronic mail scandal, and the group went a run to the playoffs below interim coach Wealthy Bisaccia.
The Raiders made the strikes this offseason to construct off of their run to the playoffs. They acquired and signed Carr’s former Fresno State teammate Davante Adams. They introduced in edge rusher Chandler Jones. Prior to those strikes, the group employed New England Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels to be their subsequent head coach.
As talked about earlier, the group has not had any luck. That they had three 17+ level blown leads this season. On Sunday, that they had two leads, every coming in at only one level every. Their 20-19 lead disappeared on a 35-yard landing reception by Colts receiver Parris Campbell.
The Raiders will look to get again within the win column subsequent week once they face an equally disappointing Denver Broncos group.
