by Rivers McCown
Kirk Cousins and Derek Carr have something in common. Most NFL observers who study quarterbacks would say that both Cousins and Carr look better because of the players around them. With Cousins losing his top receivers in free agency and the Raiders adding Marshawn Lynch to the backfield, Carr was supposed to look even better this year while Cousins would fall back to earth.
Instead, in a meeting of these quarterbacks and their teams, Derek Carr and the Raiders got stomped.
The number one bugaboo with Carr coming out of college was that teams worried about how he would do under pressure.