Yet the Raiders scored the final 11 points of the game to win 35-32, marking their fifth straight victory and Carr's second fourth-quarter comeback win in a seven-day span.
Just like last week, when Carr was nearly perfect in the final quarter as the Raiders stormed back from a 20-13 deficit to beat the Houston Texans 27-20 in Mexico City, the third-year quarterback led Oakland to victory in a game it almost certainly would have lost in previous seasons.
The mistake-prone, talent-starved, uninspiring 2003-2015 Raiders—teams that posted zero winning records in a 13-year span—would have curled up in the fetal position upon surrendering 25 unanswered points. But this team is different, primarily because Carr is proving himself to be a special quarterback.
The 2014 second-round pick out of Fresno State entered Sunday with a 119.2 fourth-quarter/overtime passer rating, which ranked No. 1 among starting quarterbacks. And he had already led four fourth-quarter comebacks, which ranked second to only Matthew Stafford of the Detroit Lions.
Last week against Houston, he completed five of his six fourth-quarter passes, with four going for 29-plus yards and two resulting in touchdowns.
This week against Carolina, he completed eight of his 11 passes in the final quarter for 116 yards, leading two scoring drives and a third that ran out the clock in order to preserve the three-point victory.
He did all that despite the fact the Panthers probably knew what was coming, since Oakland ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Oakland Raiders
