ALAMEDA — The clock starts now.
All the ticking that was supposedly going on around draft time regarding the future of Derek Carr with the Raiders was nonsense, speculation devoid of logic and common sense.
Carr had adapted and learned coach Jon Gruden’s system of football well enough that there was no thought given to drafting an immediate replacement. Certainly not after a single season, and under a coach who has no track record of entrusting his offense to a rookie.
Which didn’t stop a glut of “Carr is on his way out” speculation, with Gruden either becoming infatuated with the idea of Kyler Murray or Dwayne Haskins as the man to lead the Raiders in 2019.