Shortly after Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib came out as the NFL’s first openly gay active player last month, quarterback and team leader Derek Carr made a statement in support of his teammate.
“I have often said I love my teammates,” Carr said in a text message to several reporters. “I mean it. We always say we are a family in that Raider locker room, and we mean that too. I want to win a championship here with Carl and the rest of our teammates.”
Some people thought the statement was too vanilla and not overly personal.