ALAMEDA, Calif. -- The way Clive Walford sees things, he and Derek Carr were starting to click late last season.
Then the Oakland Raiders' quarterback suffered a season-ending injury in Week 16.
Carr’s ankle healed and with Walford fully recovered from the offseason ATV accident that slowed him early in the 2016 season, the QB and tight end would pick up where they left off, right?
Well…
The Raiders signed Jared Cook to be the pass-catching tight end this past offseason and with Lee Smith returning to his role as blocking tight end, Walford became an odd man out, of sorts.