“It’s a battle when you’re fighting for Christ. “He wants us to go hurt somebody - but not really hurt ’em. ‘He’s the Reason Why I’m Here’: NFL Hall of Fame Inductees Credit ‘Almighty God’ for Their Success McKenzie, also a Christian, reminded Carr that playing football would provide him with a large platform to preach, and share his story from. While Carr’s parents headed to Napa to pick him up, the Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie tried to sway Carr’s decision. “He didn’t take it too great, obviously,” Carr recalled.
The rookie quarterback could not shake the feeling and eventually went to talk to the head coach, Dennis Allen, about possibly leaving. “The thought was, ‘You need to stop playing football and preach.’ I’m thinking, ‘I’ve dreamed of being an NFL quarterback my whole life, so chill out.’” “In my heart, I’d never had this feeling where I was so overcome with my thoughts that I was like, ‘I can’t do anything right now,’” Carr said. It was the first week of training camp in 2014, Carr recalled when he began to feel like there might be a different calling on his life, and it wasn’t the calling to play football he had had since he was a child. The Raiders are coming to play in 2022, and they want everyone to know it.NFL Star Derek Carr Reveals Risk He Took in Front of Entire Church After Feeling Holy Spirit Move Him They extended defensive end Maxx Crosby, signed defensive end Chandler Jones, and traded for wide receiver Davante Adams.Īnd now they've extended Carr, their lynchpin quarterback. They've got a new GM, Dave Ziegler, and a new head coach, Josh McDaniels. The Raiders front office took that pain and turned it into several moves they hope will get them all the way to the Super Bowl in the coming season. Last time we saw Carr, he and the rest of the Raiders were smarting from a 26-19 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals on Wild Card Weekend. He finished the 2021 season with 4,804 passing yards, the most of his career, and averaging 282.6 passing yards per game, also a career-high.
He's dedicated to the Raiders, and wants himself and his team to be respected.Ĭarr has improved on the field nearly every year since he's been drafted. But it's also revealed he's an empathetic and deep thinker who takes his job very seriously. Off the field, Carr's tendency to speak his mind and be forthright with his feelings, no matter what they are, has gotten him in trouble. Five of his first six seasons with the Raiders were losing seasons, and it wasn't easy for keep the faith. On the field, no one had lost more games through his first six seasons (55) besides his brother, former QB David Carr.
Carr was drafted by the Raiders in 2014 after several standout years at Fresno State, and it hasn't always been smooth sailing.
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