It's been a tough year for the Oakland Raiders and everyone involved, including quarterback Derek Carr, who right now is fighting for his job. There has also been a lot of turnover with this team and a lot of people Carr was used to seeing another the locker room are now gone. The team traded Khalil Mack to the Chicago Bears before the season started and Amari Cooper to the Dallas Cowboys at the trade deadline. Bruce Irvin was also waived and has now signed with the Atlanta Falcons.
One of the toughest parts for Carr this season has been dealing with all the coming and going, and admits it hurts to see all the roster changes that are taking place.
“I mean, I understand. It’s tough, it hurts and it’s hard,’ Carr said Wednesday via NBC Sports. “No one pays me to care about my feelings or any of our feelings. I have a lot of friends that have been cut or traded, not just this year but for five years. That’s always hard. You look around and “Coop” is not sitting behind me in the offensive meeting anymore and Khalil is not sitting next to me in a team meeting. I go to Bruce’s locker and it is not Bruce’s locker anymore. Guys that I am still really close with, that I still talk with, I even talked to this morning…That they aren’t there, absolutely it’s different. Absolutely it’s something that’s not normal to me because I used to come in everyday and see them.”
Derek Carr said as hard as it is, this team isn't going to quit fighting and he is doing everything in his power to try and win games, and finish this season strong for the Raiders. Carr has struggled this year but he knows his teammates know that he is trying to do everything in his power to win games.
“It’s a hard time right now, but I do know this: we’re not going to stop fighting,” Carr said. “I’m not trying to lose anything. Every time I take the field, all of our teammates know that No. 4 is trying to win. That will never change.”
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