ALAMEDA — Raiders quarterback Derek Carr was a guest on ESPN’s “Gruden’s QB Camp” while awaiting the draft coming out of Fresno State so he was no stranger to in-depth talk about everything that goes into a modern passing game.
Little did he know that when Jon Gruden became his head coach, there was a much different message.
“One of the first things he ever said to me when he was the coach here was, ‘Get excited about the run game,' " Carr said Wednesday. "And as a young quarterback that wanted to throw it 50 times a game, put up fantasy stats and keep going to Pro Bowls, I was like, `Yeah, the run game.