Derek Carr Has Chance to Alter Raiders Trajectory, Overcome Family’s NFL History

September 2, 2014   ·   Tyler Conway   ·   Jump to comments


Derek Carr, named the Oakland Raiders' starting quarterback six days before the team's Week 1 clash with the New York Jets, enters the first game of his NFL career carrying the weight of two families on his shoulders.
The first family is obvious. Derek Carr is the brother of former NFL quarterback David Carr, widely recognized as one of the biggest quarterback busts of the 21st century. As the first pick in the 2002 NFL draft by the expansion Houston Texans, David Carr was supposed to provide the one thing every franchise—expansion or otherwise—needs: a franchise quarterback.
Instead, the Carr name became synonymous with NFL failure.
Turned gun shy after taking beatings that should have resulted in a call to children and youth services, David Carr devolved into a checkdown artist and leader of a constantly sputtering offense. The Texans were never better than the 15th-best offense in football during Carr's tenure, per Football Outsiders' DVOA metri...

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