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Raiders bench Derek Carr

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The Las Vegas Raiders have benched quarterback Derek Carr with two games remaining in the regular season.

Head coach Josh McDaniels announced the news on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Carr is due $33 million next season that's fully guaranteed in case of injury.

Jarrett Stidham will start in his place on Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers and presumably in next week's regular season finale against the Kansas City Chiefs. Carr will be inactive.

As a Chiefs fan this is an important detail as it pertains to the Chiefs playoff seeding. The Raiders in my opinion pose a much bigger threat against the Chiefs with Carr starting.

Something interesting (to me anyway) is Carr's career passing stat: 35,222 passing yards, good for 32nd ALL TIME.

While he seems to be on a very Philip Rivers/Matt Ryan career trajectory of high production, low yield, I guess this is a financial decision on the part of the Raiders. Supposedly they are keeping McDaniels because they can't afford to fire him, continue paying out his contract and hire a new HC that is remotely in demand.
 

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That stat padding for the Chiefs defense gonna look nice.

Currently 19th in EPA/Allowed (17th ignoring takeaways) and 21st in DVOA.

Two remaining games are the Broncos trainwreck and the Stidham led Raiders.
 

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That stat padding for the Chiefs defense gonna look nice.

Currently 19th in EPA/Allowed (17th ignoring takeaways) and 21st in DVOA.

Two remaining games are the Broncos trainwreck and the Stidham led Raiders.
Imo its all about staying healthy and figuring out if L'jarius Sneed can play CB against WR1s and giving Leo Chenal more reps in goal line(ish) situations.
 

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Needed to be done... He's going to be cut anyways... Plus he hasn't been playing very well... 6 TD's and 7 INT's in his last 4 games isn't going to cut it when your basically on your way out anyways...
 

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A sure signal that he is being cut when the season is over. Which QB will the Raiders go after? Brady or Jimmy?
 

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Could he end up with NYG if they decide to part ways with Jones?
 

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That stat padding for the Chiefs defense gonna look nice.

Currently 19th in EPA/Allowed (17th ignoring takeaways) and 21st in DVOA.

Two remaining games are the Broncos trainwreck and the Stidham led Raiders.

If this makes you feel better, have at it. You can put lipstick on a pig but it's still a pig. Chiefs about to be on the couch soon.
 

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Do we add the Raiders to the teams that might spend a 1st rounder on a QB?
 

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Goodbye Marv.

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If this makes you feel better, have at it. You can put lipstick on a pig but it's still a pig. Chiefs about to be on the couch soon.
3rd in SB odds, ahead of your Bengals mind you. A Buffalo loss from being the SB favorite. Best QB in the sport, and likely MVP, by a considerable margin.

Keep talking. Defense wasn't good in their SB winning year either.

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So the Raiders think Jarrett Stidham is a better option? Good luck to that.

More to do with Carr isn't a Raider going forward anyway with how he has performed. They''re back to rebuilding. Scoring less than 20 on a bad Steelers pass D with the season on the line with Adams, Renfrow, and Waller is a bad, bad look.
 

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More to do with Carr isn't a Raider going forward anyway with how he has performed. They''re back to rebuilding. Scoring less than 20 on a bad Steelers pass D with the season on the line with Adams, Renfrow, and Waller is a bad, bad look.
McDaniels is at fault, the play calling has been beyond horrible. 30 passes to 19 rush attempts in a close game with the Steelers when Jacobs has been a workhorse?

SMH.
 

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McDaniels is at fault, the play calling has been beyond horrible. 30 passes to 19 rush attempts in a close game with the Steelers when Jacobs has been a workhorse?

SMH.
It's more than just McDaniels, but yeah he stinks too even if Carr had to fall on the sword for this season.
 
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