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Originally Posted by Ragnar
At first I thought this was crap, but now I am not so sure. Most of the team took a knee, including the entire offensive line. Was anyone standing except for Carr and a few coaches? Maybe the team did take offense to him standing. For one of the best offensive lines to give up 4 sacks to the Redskins is interesting to say the least. The center snapped the ball at the wrong time on three separate occasions. Players dropping passes. Sure it could all be coincidence. But don't rule out foul play.
But this is the natural progression these protests were going to take. At some point it was going to be taken as an insult when players refused to take a knee. No way the Raiders play that poorly against the Redskins.
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I don't buy it. I can see being distracted. The Raiders haven't been good at handling distractions like Carr's injury or remember their last Super Bowl Appearance? If they were throwing the game, Del Rio and Tice would have gone ballistic. Do you think they would have left them or Carr stay in the game? Think about it. As a coach or a player are you gonna risk getting your meal ticket qb getting injured. Has everyone forgot what happened last year when we know they were not quitting. 4 sacks but most of them came from Newhouse. He isnt very good at this point but he also hasn't played that long with that line. Also Derek Carr tends to get rid of the ball too early.
They just got their butts beat. Give the Redskins credit.The raiders were not focused on the game. Carr standing doesn't mean he is against his teammates. I doubt if Carr would sit for anything during the Anthem unless the United States banned the Bible.