On Sunday afternoon, the Oakland Raiders set an NFL record with 23 penalties for 200 yards. They beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 30-24 in overtime despite that ignominious mark, setting their record at 6-2 for the season, in part because third-year quarterback Derek Carr set a franchise record with 519 passing yards, completing 40 of 59 passes for four touchdowns and no interceptions. It's a performance that put Carr above all the Raiders greats at the position, at least in that one stat column—everyone from Daryle Lamonica to Ken Stabler to Jim Plunkett to Rich Gannon—and it has people asking if it's time to rank Carr as one of the handful of best quarterbacks in the league.
NFL1000: Is Derek Carr the NFL's Next Great Quarterback?
