Derek Carr’s career with the Raiders shares some surprising similarities to Detroit Lions-era Matthew Stafford. Stafford, of course, left Detroit and won a Super Bowl with the Los Angeles Rams. Could Carr bring a title to the New Orleans Saints (or the New York Jets, if they make him an offer he can’t refuse)?
It’s a question worth asking. And you can’t ignore some of the parallels between Carr and Stafford ESPN Stats and Info’s Evan Kaplan observed some commonalties between both players’ resumes as they left their longtime teams. Maybe this means something, maybe it doesn’t. Either way, it’s interesting: