Raiders QB Derek Carr rallies Oakland to 5th straight win

The crowd gave Jack Del Rio the OK.

The Raiders’ head coach didn’t know the results of Derek Carr’s X-ray until the Coliseum roared when the quarterback ran back to the field from the locker room in the third quarter. His pinkie was jammed, not broken, and Carr went back in after missing just one series to lead Oakland to a 35-32 win over Carolina on Sunday afternoon.

Quarterbacks coach Todd Downing told Carr this was his “Willis Reed moment” when he went back in. (Carr played dumb and said “Who?”)

Linebacker Bruce Irvin went one, or one billion, better when he said, “it was like Jesus rose from the dead.”

The Raiders (9-2) certainly have found religion this season, or they simply have forgotten how to lose.

The Panthers rolled off 25 straight points after Carr went down a minute into the third quarter, as that little, right pinkie flipped the momentum in a game that the Raiders had dominated and led 24-7 at halftime.

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