DENVER – It was vintage Derek Carr, circa 2016.
The Oakland Raiders quarterback, seen then as a carefree gunslinger, before the fractured pinkie on his passing finger, before the snapped right fibula, before the three fractured bones in his back, stepped up in the pocket. Carr spied Seth Roberts between two Denver Broncos defensive backs and fired an absolute laser from 20 yards out.
Carr answered his critics when he threaded the needle and hit Roberts in stride on the skinny post pattern for a touchdown to give Oakland a 12-point lead with 5:25 to play in the third quarter.