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‘Carr-iota’ turns connected jets
ARLINGTON, Texas — Derek Carr wants to marque it wide his backup isn’t the lone mobile backmost connected the Raiders’ roster.
The seasoned turned connected the jets to prime up 22 yards connected a scramble down the close sideline and converted a cardinal 3rd down successful the 3rd 4th of Thursday’s 36-33 overtime triumph implicit the Cowboys.
While Marcus Mariota is known arsenic the much mobile of the Raiders’ 2 quarterbacks — and adjacent entered the crippled connected Thursday to people a rushing touchdown — Carr wants Mariota to cognize he’s close determination with him.
“After I ran it, I looked implicit astatine Marcus and I gave him 1 of these,” Carr said, making the hang-loose manus signal. “I ever telephone myself Carr-iota, and helium gets a footwear retired of that one.
“Any clip I scramble successful signifier oregon successful a game, I travel up to him and I go, ‘Carr-iota, bro.’ And he’ll laughter astatine me, astir apt conscionable to appease me, but it felt bully to beryllium capable to prime that up successful the moving game.”
The lone different rushing effort credited to Carr connected Thursday went for a nonaccomplishment of 1 yard. Still, his 21 yards was a play precocious connected the ground.
Carr’s erstwhile champion was 18 yards connected 3 carries against Kansas City.
“I’d say, implicit the past mates years, I’ve tally for a fewer archetypal downs present and there,” Carr said. “But that’s astir apt 1 of the longer ones I’ve had successful a while.”
Target practice
The Raiders’ receiving corps had a immense crippled Thursday aft they were held successful cheque against the Bengals.
In summation to DeSean Jackson’s breakout performance, Hunter Renfrow had 8 catches for 134 yards and Zay Jones added 5 catches for 59 yards.
Bryan Edwards hauled successful his lone people for 12 yards a week aft the full radical combined for conscionable 8 targets.
“I’m truthful arrogant of them,” Carr said. “I rudely joked past week that I conscionable decided to propulsion it to (Darren) Waller conscionable due to the fact that I didn’t privation to reply questions, if I’m being honest. I conscionable wanted to ticker the movie and determination on.
“But for each of those guys to measurement up, 1 they person 2 outstanding coaches successful there, but the mode they support their caput down and conscionable support moving other with maine is wherefore they person days similar today.”
Injury report
Tight extremity Darren Waller near the crippled with what was reported arsenic a backmost wounded successful the archetypal fractional lone to instrumentality and injure his knee.
Interim manager Rich Bisaccia helium hadn’t been briefed connected the presumption of Waller oregon respective different players who near the crippled with injuries.
Defensive extremity Carl Nassib exited successful the archetypal fractional with a genu wounded and did not return. Linebacker Patrick Onwuasor near with a hamstring wounded and cornerback Brandon Facyson was ruled retired with a concussion.
Bisaccia typically addresses injuries much afloat successful his quality conferences the time aft a game, but the Raiders are disconnected until Monday, erstwhile much details are expected to beryllium shared.
In the triumph column
Thursday’s triumph was the archetypal for the Raiders connected Thanksgiving since the AFL-NFL merger.
The franchise had been 0-3 connected Thanksgiving since 1970 and were 1 of 5 organizations to play connected the vacation without a victory.
Dallas defeated the Raiders 31-24 successful 2013 and 24-7 successful 2009. Detroit handed the Raiders a 28-14 nonaccomplishment successful 1970, though the Raiders did person wins implicit Buffalo (1968) and Kansas City (1967).
The Cardinals (0-6) person the astir Thanksgiving appearances since the merger without a victory.
Milestones
— Carr surpassed the 30,000-yard people for his vocation during the Raiders’ opening thrust of the game.He is conscionable the 5th backmost successful NFL past to bash truthful successful his archetypal 8 seasons, joining a database that already included Peyton Manning, Matt Ryan, Dan Marino and Matthew Stafford.
— Carr finished with 373 yards successful the game. He has thrown for 300 yards successful six antithetic games this season, the 3rd clip helium has done truthful successful his career.Rich Gannon did it 10 times successful 2002, the lone Raiders backmost ever to person much than six specified games successful a season.
— Yannick Ngakoue recorded the lone sack of the crippled for the Raiders, becoming 1 of conscionable 4 players to grounds astatine slightest 8 sacks successful their archetypal six NFL seasons.Aaron Donald, Derrick Thomas and DeMarcus Ware are the others.
Perryman successful aboriginal lead
The league released the archetypal batch of leaders successful voting for the Pro Bowl, which opened past week online and connected societal media.
Middle linebacker Denzel Perryman is the lone Raiders subordinate presently starring astatine immoderate position.
Perryman, who entered Thursday’s crippled 2nd to conscionable Seattle’s Bobby Wagner successful tackles, had a season-low 7 against the Cowboys to instrumentality implicit the pb for now.
The crippled volition beryllium played astatine Allegiant Stadium Feb. 6.
Contact Adam Hill astatine ahill@reviewjournal.com. Follow @AdamHillLVRJ connected Twitter.
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