Derek Carr spent the first nine seasons of his NFL career with the Raiders organization after the team drafted him in the second round of the 2014 NFL Draft. But when the team decided to part ways with the veteran quarterback toward the end of the 2022 season, it’s clear that it soured his relationship with the team.
Now, Derek Carr is with the New Orleans Saints, signing with the team as a free agent last week. And during his introductory press conference with the team this week, he admitted that the way his time with the Raiders ended “lit a fire” inside of him.
“I just get to come in and show my work ethic, and really prove it again. … I didn’t plan on or dream of it finishing that way. That’s for sure,” Carr said during his press conference, according to Fox News. “I understood the business side of it and why things were happening, all that. I mean, I get it. But it hurt. For me as a competitor, I wanted to finish with my teammates. … It lit a fire in me that I’ve always had, but it just made it hot. It gave me this excitement.”
It will certainly be interesting to see how he performs with his new team.
[Fox News]
