Derek Carr is reunited with former Raiders head coach Dennis Allen with the New Orleans Saints.
It was in July of 2014 that Derek Carr walked into the hotel room that served as a training camp office for Raiders coach Dennis Allen at the Napa Marriott and informed him he was thinking about retiring from the NFL before ever playing in a game.
Thus began a nine-year run of the most polarizing player in the history of a storied franchise. Allen lasted four games, all losses, before being fired after a listless performance in London against the Miami Dolphins. Carr, who beat out presumptive starter Matt Schaub, lasted nine years and 142 games before being benched this season by coach Josh McDaniels.
I haven’t spoken to Carr since the Raiders moved to Las Vegas, but had wide-ranging discussions over a span of six years with him about playing football, being a quarterback, family and religion. Coach Dennis Allen lasted four games in the 2014 season with Derek Carr as a rookie starting quarterback. Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group
From a distance, it appeared Carr lost some of his positive energy this season. He looked grim and detached at times on the sidelines with a body language that was foreign for his first eight years. Within the past few months, two former Raiders assistants told me they thought the same thing.
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