Las Vegas Raiders QB Derek Carr says he has no desire to leave team

HENDERSON, Nev. — Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr, an annual topic of commerce rumors and innuendo, re-asserted his need to stay with the group that chosen him within the second spherical of the 2014 NFL draft.

“I’d in all probability give up soccer if I needed to play for any person else,” Carr mentioned following Tuesday’s necessary minicamp observe in his first public feedback for the reason that finish of final season. “I’m a Raider for my complete life. I’m going to root for one group for the remainder of my life — it’s the Raiders. So, I simply really feel that so robust in my coronary heart I don’t want an ideal state of affairs … to make issues proper.

“I’d reasonably go down with the ship, what I’m saying, if I’ve to.”

Carr, who turned 30 in March, had been requested about how a number of of his contemporaries had aired their grievances publicly this offseason, from Deshaun Watson to Russell Wilson to Aaron Rodgers, and why Carr, who has had removed from an optimum roster and state of affairs in his profession with the Raiders, had remained silent.

“I’m that old-school mentality — I’m taking part in for one group and that’s it,” he mentioned. “Whether or not we’ve received sufficient or not, I actually give each little bit of vitality and energy that I can to this group and after I signal a contract, I utterly, in my thoughts, have to satisfy that. I dedicated to that. I put my title on paper.

“It’s simply how I used to be raised. I’m from Fresno, California. Born in Fresno. My dad labored within the automobile enterprise, my mother helped with substitute instructing and all totally different sorts of stuff on the church, so we didn’t have an entire bunch of stuff rising up, so I don’t want a lot.”

Carr signed a five-year, $125 million extension with the Raiders in June 2017 that briefly made him the highest-paid participant within the historical past of the NFL.

And after beginning his profession 0-10, Carr was one win from night his profession report in Week 3 of the 2017 season. However the Raiders went right into a tailspin and Carr’s profession report is now 47-63. Carr’s 63 losses are essentially the most by a quarterback in his first seven NFL seasons.

Carr, although, is coming off profession highs in passing yards (4,103) and passer ranking (101.4) for the Raiders, who went 8-8 final season.

“I feel Derek Carr had his greatest yr but beneath Jon Gruden,” Raiders common supervisor Mike Mayock mentioned this offseason. “I feel he’s one of many high quarterbacks within the NFL and we couldn’t be happier with him, and I let you know yearly, we consider each place, yearly. I do not know who would possibly name me or who may not name me, so it’s a must to do the evaluations each by yourself gamers and each different participant within the league and you bought to stack your boards and perceive what league worth is throughout the league, and we try this.

“However should you’re asking me about Derek, I imply I feel Jon and I’d each stand shoulder to shoulder and pound the desk for Derek Carr.”

Regardless of the relative lack of group success, Carr has set Raiders profession franchise information for passing yards (26,896) and landing passes (170) and he’s in line for a possible extension.

“For me, it’s extra about loyalty, it’s extra about being the identical man each single day,” Carr mentioned. “My aim … was, after I bought right here, to offer every thing I’ve to this group, let our followers know I’m giving all of it I’ve and I’ll all the time proceed to try this … whether or not the state of affairs is nice or not, that’s OK.

“Folks can say no matter they need. I do know what I’ve placed on movie; I do know the issues I’ve been capable of accomplish, and I nonetheless need extra. There’s nonetheless extra and I wish to do it right here. I don’t wish to do it wherever else.”