ALAMEDA — TJ Carrie understands that a tackle can be just important as an interception.
“A lot of times, we pride ourselves on embracing the fact that we’re going to play it off deep, force them to check it down then come up and make a tackle and get off the field,” Carrie said Thursday.
Carrie takes his role as a tackler seriously, as evidenced by his team-leading total of 47 — one ahead of linebacker Khalil Mack and safety Karl Joseph for the Raiders. Carrie estimates he’s had “maybe two or three” missed tackles all year.