Per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Oakland Raiders and QB Derek Carr are finalizing a contract that would make him the highest-paid quarterback in the NFL, at close to $25 million per year.
Carr is coming off a season where he finished as PFF’s sixth-highest-graded quarterback, earning a career-high 87.0 grade. In 2015, Carr earned an 86.4 grade, which was good for 10th-best among QBs.
Carr was one of the NFL’s most accurate quarterbacks when throwing passes 20 or more yards down the field in 2016. His completion percentage of 51.
