Raiders expect Derek Carr to miss 10-14 days

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Raiders quarterback Derek Carr will have to push him back on the pitch for his team’s next game.

Carr’s groin injury will take 10 to 14 days to heal, reports NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.

The Raiders’ next game is in eight days, on Saturday, Dec. 26 against the Dolphins. So Carr will have to come back sooner than the Raiders expect to be there in an absolutely must-have game for the Raiders.

If Marcus Mariota starts for the Raiders in Week 16 and they beat the Dolphins, they can decide to stick with Mariota and hope he can keep their slim playoff hopes in Week 17. If the Raiders lose to the Dolphins , they are mathematically eliminated. contention in the playoffs, and the Raiders may decide to play it safe and sit him down. So it’s quite possible that we won’t see Carr again until the 2021 season.