Heading into Week 5 of the NFL season, the Oakland Raiders will have to go at it without star quarterback Derek Carr for the foreseeable future.
The Oakland Raiders head into Week 5 of the NFL season after losing their last two games, and they even lost their quarterback in the process. Derek Carr, who missed the end of last season with a broken leg, got a fracture in his back against the Denver Broncos on Sunday and will miss at least the next two weeks. Carr and the Raiders have looked abysmal since beating the New York Jets in Week 2, and the team will now have to roll with E.J. Manuel under center.
During their loss on Monday night, the Washington Redskins also saw one of their star players go down for what could be a while. Josh Norman fractured his ribs in the second quarter of the team’s loss to Kansas City, and the team is hoping he does not have an issue with his lungs because of it. He will be out for a while now, which is terrible news for a Redskins team that looks like a playoff contender in 2017.
Andrew Luck has yet to take a snap in practice, or in a game this season, but that will change this week. Luck is scheduled to resume practicing with his teammates this week, and all signs point to him returning to game action in Week 7. The Colts have been terrible with him on the sidelines, and on Sunday night, they were blown out by the Seattle Seahawks on the road.
Instead of maybe signing Colin Kaepernick this week, the Tennessee Titans decided to grab the coveted Brandon Weeden off the scrap-heap. Quarterback Marcus Mariota went down with a hamstring injury during the team’s blowout loss to the Houston Texans and is listed as day-to-day. Weeden, who a very serviceable backup, is nowhere near the player Kaepernick is, so you have to wonder what the heck is going on in Tennessee.
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The Kansas City Chiefs are officially the only undefeated team left in the NFL, after beating the Wahsington Redskins inside Arrowhead Stadium on Monday night. Rookie running back Kareem Hunt continues to impress, but it was another rookie who played the hero against the Redskins. Harrison Butker, who was signed off the Carolina Panthers practice squad last Tuesday, kicked the game-winning field goal in his NFL debut, sending the Chiefs faithful into a frenzy in a classic Monday Night Football matchup.