Derek Carr's rookie season may not have been the most publicized story during the 2014 season and the following offseason, but it was one of the most polarizing topics in the NFL.
Raiders fans believed he was the savior, almost from the moment he stepped onto the field last year. Many others remained skeptical as Carr’s statistical performances were well below the public perception.
But that was his rookie year, and sometimes rookie years for quarterbacks can be bad. We’ve seen that these types of first seasons, though, can be indicative of bad future performance more often that not.