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I just wanted to watch the film and move on. “I rudely joked last week that I just decided to throw it to (Darren) Waller just because I didn’t want to answer questions, if I’m being honest. In addition to DeSean Jackson’s breakout performance, Hunter Renfrow had eight catches for 134 yards and Zay Jones added five catches for 59 yards.īryan Edwards hauled in his only target for 12 yards a week after the entire group combined for just eight targets. The Raiders’ receiving corps had a huge game Thursday after they were held in check against the Bengals. “But that’s probably one of the longer ones I’ve had in a while.” “I’d say, over the last couple years, I’ve run for a few first downs here and there,” Carr said. Still, his 21 yards was a season high on the ground.Ĭarr’s previous best was 18 yards on three carries against Kansas City. The only other rushing attempt credited to Carr on Thursday went for a loss of 1 yard. “Any time I scramble in practice or in a game, I come up to him and I go, ‘Carr-iota, bro.’ And he’ll laugh at me, probably just to appease me, but it felt good to be able to pick that up in the running game.” “I always call myself Carr-iota, and he gets a kick out of that one. “After I ran it, I looked over at Marcus and I gave him one of these,” Carr said, making the hang-loose hand signal. While Marcus Mariota is known as the more mobile of the Raiders’ two quarterbacks - and even entered the game on Thursday to score a rushing touchdown - Carr wants Mariota to know he’s right there with him. The veteran turned on the jets to pick up 22 yards on a scramble down the right sideline and converted a key third down in the third quarter of Thursday’s 36-33 overtime victory over the Cowboys. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal) turns on jetsĪRLINGTON, Texas - Derek Carr wants to make it clear his backup isn’t the only mobile quarterback on the Raiders’ roster. 25, 2021, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Raiders quarterback Derek Carr (4) runs with the football during the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday, Nov.