There’s always room for improved quarterback play in the NFL. With that in mind, could former Las Vegas Raiders and New Orleans Saints quarterback Derek Carr return to the sport if a team looking for a boost under center gives him a call?
“Would I do it? Yes. Would I do it for anybody? Absolutely not. Would I do it? Absolutely, I would. I told you two things: I have to be healthy, and I’d want a chance to win a Super Bowl,” Carr said about a potential NFL return on his podcast, “Home Grown with David & David Carr,” which Carr cohosts with his brother, former NFL quarterback David Carr.
“And obviously, that’s a tough thing to find. That’s hard to do. That’s not easy. … I had to say no [to teams] a few occasions, to date.”
David Carr famous that he “is aware of” his youthful brother is wholesome.
Might that workforce be the Minnesota Vikings, who missed the playoffs after letting Sam Darnold stroll in free company and noticed first-year starter and former first-round choose J.J. McCarthy battle in his first season underneath middle? The Pittsburgh Steelers if Aaron Rodgers does not return? The Atlanta Falcons if their new regime does not consider in former first-round choose Michael Penix Jr.?
Carr, a four-time Professional Bowler, retired from the NFL final 12 months. This got here within the wake of him struggling a “labral tear” and “important degenerative adjustments to his rotator cuff.” The quarterback’s 2024 marketing campaign with the Saints was additionally reduce quick in Week 14 because of a hand damage and sidetracked by an indirect concern earlier within the season.
The still-34-year-old Carr spent the primary 9 seasons of his NFL profession with the Raiders (2014-22), who chosen him with the No. 36 choose within the 2014 NFL Draft out of Fresno State.
Amongst Carr’s highlights with the Raiders, he completed third in 2016 NFL MVP voting, accomplished 70.4% of his passes in 2019 and threw a career-high 4,804 yards in 2021. As for his franchise standing, Carr is first in Raiders historical past with 35,222 passing yards, 217 passing touchdowns and a 91.8 passer score (amongst full-time quarterbacks) and second with 63 wins as a starter.
The Raiders benched Carr for the ultimate two video games of the 2022 common season, reportedly citing the damage assure in his contract, and he was later launched.
Carr signed a four-year, $150 million take care of the Saints in 2023. New Orleans went 9-8 in Carr’s first season with the franchise (2023) however missed the playoffs after which went 5-5 within the video games he began in 2024.
