QB Derek Carr

The Raiders have had a tough go the last two weeks, especially with the offense scoring just a single touchdown, and that came late in their blowout loss to the Chiefs.

Naturally, Carr, the team’s quarterback and most-tenured leader, has shouldered a lot of the blame. It doesn’t help that he threw two interceptions in Kansas City, including a pick-6 that put his team down 21-0, and that he’s still yet to win in Arrowhead.

Carr is having a solid season overall, however, especially with the lack of a No. 1 WR. And since he’s a veteran, he knows every week is different.

“I’m excited we get a chance to go compete against a good football team. That’s the beautiful thing about this game. You rewind two weeks ago, we were the greatest story in the NFL, and two weeks later, we suck again,” Carr said Wednesday to reporters, eliciting laughter. “I think we’ll be alright. We are just going to keep grinding, we’re going to stick to what we do.”

Watch to see if Carr can get back to playing efficient football, leading the offense to points as he was earlier in the campaign. As an added incentive: this is the second to last game for Carr at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, the only place he’s called home in his career thus far and place he loves with fans he adores.

“It’s our fans. I think that there’s that mystique about the Raiders. Whether we’ve been 0-10 or we’ve been trying to get a playoff spot, our fans are selling that place out, and they’re always here,” Carr said Wednesday about what makes the Coliseum special.

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