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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Derek Carr seemed arsenic frustrated arsenic he’s ever been aft a Raiders nonaccomplishment connected Sunday. Which is perfectly understandable aft getting thoroughly worked implicit successful a 48-9 nonaccomplishment to the Kansas City Chiefs successful what was a virtual must-win situation.
It was the 6-7 Raiders’ 5th nonaccomplishment successful their past six games, and with different play slipping away, Carr pledged to support fighting.
“I’m going to support moving my process off. I’m going to support grinding similar I bash each day,” Carr said. “I’m going to springiness everything that I person due to the fact that it deserves that.”
Left unsaid was what was going connected successful his mind, though helium did hint that thing was percolating portion helium gritted his teeth done different property league pursuing yet different loss. “I americium reasoning a batch of things,” Carr said.
Among the things helium was pondering — and astatine this constituent the possibilities are endless and could scope from his semipermanent aboriginal with the Raiders to however they tin prevention different play from going down the drain — is what helium tin expect from his chap teammates implicit the adjacent period oregon so.
Carr began 1 reply by saying the Raiders had “a batch of …” earlier pausing and correcting himself and saying “most of our guys enactment truly hard.”
In doing so, helium appeared to beryllium qualifying the level of enactment ethic among his teammates.
Later, helium talked astir the effect helium saw from the Raiders aft falling down to commencement the game. “I saw immoderate combat successful immoderate guys that lets maine cognize I tin number connected them and spot them,” Carr said. “For the astir part.”
Carr was subsequently asked if it goes some ways successful seeing players helium tin spot and players helium can’t trust.
“It decidedly works some ways,” Carr said. “I’m not trying to accidental that there’s radical successful our locker country that don’t person it oregon they springiness up. I didn’t spot that astatine all. I didn’t spot immoderate springiness up.”
An ill-advised move
In a spur-of-the-moment motion that the Raiders present astir apt regret, players gathered astatine the 50-yard enactment astatine Arrowhead Stadium for a squad pep speech astir 30 minutes earlier kickoff.
The meeting, which was prompted by Raiders antiaircraft extremity Yannick Ngakoue, took spot close smack connected apical of the Chiefs midfield squad logo. Needless to say, it didn’t spell implicit good with the Chiefs and their fans.
By the dependable of it, it wasn’t seen arsenic the champion look by the Raiders adjacent successful their ain locker room.
“Shoot, I’d beryllium upset excessively if I was them,” Raiders linebacker K.J. Wright said.
Whatever relation it played successful the Chiefs’ large triumph is intolerable to say. But it surely didn’t assistance the Raiders, that is for sure.
“They decidedly came retired and responded successful their anger,” Wright said.
Carr said helium supported his teammates’ wishes, but helium didn’t dependable each that convincing astir it.
“One happening I volition say, I ever person my teammates back,” Carr said. “And I volition everlastingly person their back. If that’s what we’re doing, that’s what we’re doing. And that’s what I’ll say.”
Injury report
The Raiders were banged up coming into Sunday’s game, playing without injured choky extremity Darren Waller, linebacker Denzel Perryman and antiaircraft extremity Carl Nassib, but they came retired of the nonaccomplishment comparatively unscathed.
Cornerback Trayvon Mullen did permission the crippled successful the 3rd 4th with an undisclosed wounded and did not return. Mullen was activated from the injured reserve database connected Saturday, wherever helium had been since aboriginal October with a ft injury.
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