If the past couple of seasons have taught the Oakland Raiders anything, it’s that quarterback Derek Carr needs a capable, competent understudy. Like, really badly.
In 2016, with the team playoff-bound, Carr suffered a broken bone in his leg in a Christmas Eve game against Indianapolis, ending his season. Actually, it effectively ended Oakland’s entire season as the combination of Matt McGloin and then-rookie Connor Cook couldn’t do much of anything very well.
The Raiders ended up losing their week 17 game against Denver and then limped into the Wild Card game and got smoked by a Houston Texans team led by Brock Osweiler – a Texans team Carr and the Raiders had beaten some seven weeks before in Mexico City.