That escalated quickly. Seemingly out of
nowhere
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about fighting a couple TV personalities. Something seemingly quite out of
character for the usual ¡°Golly gee, you know me¡± quarterback.So, what happened
to make Carr go off the rails in fury and talking about wanting to fight TV
personalities with whom he claims he pays no mind?This is what happened: Jon
Gruden was asked at the Senior Bowl whether he thinks Oklahoma QB Kyler Murray¡¯s
height is an issue to which Gruden had this to say:¡°I used to think that a lot
until I saw Drew Brees twice a year in Tampa. And then I met Russell Wilson
coming out of NC State. And now I¡¯m watching this kid Murray at Oklahoma and I
am putting away all the prototypes that I once had. I used to have a prototype
for hand size, height, arm length, all that stuff. We¡¯re looking for guys that
can play and do a lot of different things and they come in all shapes and sizes
nowadays.¡±Seemed like a pretty generic response that was simply praising fine
play by shorter quarterbacks, much like Gruden was known for doing (and often
criticized for) during his years on his QB camp show. But Max Kellerman chose to
read into that as saying Gruden was going to move on from Carr, in part because
Carr ¡°didn¡¯t want it.¡±That¡¯s what prompted Derek Carr¡¯s response. He wasn¡¯t done
though.Carr went on to say that Kellerman and co-host Stephen A Smith are just
mad because he blocked them on twitter ¡°for talking trash about our team,¡±
adding that he ¡°Would love to actually sit and break down film with these two on
tv just to show their viewers how incompetent (lacking qualification) they are
about our game.¡±Stephen A Smith responded accepting Carr¡¯s challenge. The one
about coming on the
show
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not the one about the fight in the octagon.They say any publicity is good
publicity. I¡¯m sure the First Take guys are loving the publicity they are
getting from being able to get under Derek Carr¡¯s skin. And I¡¯m sure a lot of
Raiders fans love Carr¡¯s response. I don¡¯t think it¡¯s a good look for Derek. He
is supposed to be above this kind of nonsense. Getting so mad you make several
threatening tweets at TV hot take artists only makes people wonder if they
struck a nerve. But at least it¡¯s the offseason. Let¡¯s just hope we¡¯re not still
talking about this in August.Follow @LeviDamien There were plenty of rumors
floating around that Jon Gruden and the Raiders would likely show interest in
former Buffalo Bills quarterback Nathan Peterman. It all stemmed from Gruden¡¯s
rosy analysis at ESPN of Peterman pre-draft, where he praised the QB as a day
one contributor. ¡°Peterman is ready to walk in and be a contributor from day
one.¡± Jon Gruden wrote for ESPN back in 2017, ¡°He just looks like a pro
quarterback -- coming out of the huddle, running an offense with different
formations, shifting, motioning, different patterns that other colleges don¡¯t
run.¡±Turns out the rumor of Gruden¡¯s interest was spot on as the Raiders have
added the former Bills quarterback to their practice squad. They also signed LB
Cayson Collins to the practice squad, he is 23 and was an UDFA for the Miami
Dolphins this preseason. As for Nathan Peterman, he actually won the Bills
starting job out of the preseason. That lasted all of one game where he posted a
0.0 QB rating though and was yanked for rookie QB Josh Allen.He did start one
more game this year against the
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Buffalo eventually released him November 12th.It¡¯s an odd twist of fate that the
Raiders are giving him a shot now considering Gruden¡¯s pre draft praise just a
year ago, but also because Oakland traded for A.J. McCarron who is one of the
QB¡¯s that Peterman beat out to be the week 1 starter in Buffalo. Oh course,
McCarron¡¯s wife Katherine Webb-McCarron having just given birth to their 2nd
child might have something to do with the Raiders signing Peterman to the
practice squad as well. Considering the Raiders are just playing for the future
anyway, it¡¯s basically a why not move.If it doesn¡¯t work out then big deal, not
much worked out this season anyway. It¡¯s also just the practice squad, Peterman
was not signed to the active roster.