“This guy’s a great quarterback,” Gruden said after the game. “We’re surrounding him with better players. And once our defense I think starts playing to their potential, he can even be better. He does so much with the ball and without the ball and behind the scenes that I think Raiders fans should really be proud of him, and I know I am.”
“There’s a lot of people that make a lot opinions on Derek and Derek’s performance and our relationship,” said Gruden of Carr, who connected with 11 receivers on Monday night. “You know he had nine different flankers last year. Nine. When I was here [in my first stint], I was here for four years and we had Tim Brown every week for four years. We’ve had I don’t know how many different combinations on the offensive line. [Last season] he threw for over 4,000 yards and 70%, put us in a position to make the playoffs in Week 15.”
