Derek Carr Rumors: Raiders QB says ribs might be broken
By Josh Hill
The Oakland Raiders are hoping that Derek Carr is going to be their quarterback of the future, but he’s going to need to learn how to take NFL contact before he can grow into the leader the Raiders need on the field.
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Carr played in Friday night’s game against the Detroit Lions, but he managed to get broken rather quickly, continuing the curse of being a Raiders quarterback.
Derek Carr to Raiders team doctor in bowels of stadium just now: "I just heard a crunch. I don't know if my rib's broken. But it hurts."
— Austin Murphy (@ausmurph88) August 16, 2014
So not only a concussion for Carr, but broken ribs and possibly a broken spirit? It would seem that after just a few preseason snaps, Derek Carr is about as broken as Batman.
Carr will eventually come back, but he can’t afford to have his spirit broken as quickly as his body has been. The Raiders have had the worst of luck with quarterbacks in the past, and that’s something that is clearly continuing with Carr, at least in the short term.
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