2. Recent Production

Since Carr’s magical run in 2016 when he paved the way to a 12-win season for the Raiders, he hasn’t quite found the same touch in recent years that he had early on in his career.

While Carr was receiving some recognition for MVP in 2016, it came to an abrupt end when he was hit with a gruesome fibula injury in Week 16 prior to the Raiders’ first playoff birth since 2002. Since that point in 2016, his ability to extend plays and escape pressure has created many questions, resulting in a drop off in production.

Carr did, in fact, have career highs in completion percentage during 2018 and 2019, but from a big picture perspective, he also recorded his lowest amount of touchdowns in back-to-back seasons. His 2019 campaign started off quite nicely where Carr led the team to victories during a stretch of four wins over six weeks, but the season ended with the offense ranking 24th in points per game.

Gruden is being paid $10 million per year with expectations of his offense leading the charge, but those expectations haven’t become a reality and a major part of that falls on the shoulders of Carr.