Carr overcomes injury to rally Raiders past Panthers 35-32

– Janikowski’s game-winning field goal came when the Raiders had a first-and-goal at the 6-yard line, and after a run by Latavius Murray to the 5, Carr threw incomplete twice to bring force the field goal attempt. Seven of the nine wins have come by seven points or fewer and Carr has led five fourth-quarter comebacks already this season.

“As a point guard I’m going to see a lot of defenses, so I’ve just got to figure out what they’re doing and how to attack it and just go from there”. Linebacker Bruce Irvin had a loftier one to describe Carr’s reappearance.

The Raiders believe Carr will be fine moving forward, which is great news for a team so dependent on its quarterback. “We made it a little hard on ourselves today, but we’ve been finding a way to finish games all years, but those are signs of us developing into a good team”.

“He is a competitor”, receiver Michael Crabtree said of Carr, who caught two passes for 64 yards on the game-winning drive.

While Curry is sticking to his guns, it looks like teammate Kevin Durant may be on the verge of becoming a Raiders fan.

This game really showed how incredibly resilient the Raiders are this year and was truly a game to remember.

Oakland answered with a 75-yard, 10-play drive capped by tight end Clive Walford’s leaping catch in the back of the end zone of Carr’s 12-yard touchdown pass with 8:37 left.

With five minutes on the clock, Carr and the offense had one more chance to score and win the game.

CAM THE LOBBYIST: After complaining earlier in the season about a lack of roughing the passer calls going his way, Newton was the beneficiary of a questionable one against Stacy McGee late in the first quarter.

The Raiders will remain at home next week as they host the Buffalo Bills. “I got to be better”, he said.

On Sunday, Mack compiled 1.0 sacks, 1 forced fumble, 1 fumble recovery, and 1 INT returned for a TD. Then he stepped out of bounds short of the first-down marker leading to Rivera’s decision to punt. That said, the Raiders did come away with the victory when all was said and done. They are 1 game behind the Dolphins who hold the final wildcard spot now and are in must win mode to have a chance at the playoffs. They’ve played awful all game and won. They’ve set an National Football League record for penalties and won. They’ve gone to another country and won. They just have to play up to that potential. From the group left, some have been serviceable starters, but with Kawann Short’s disappearing act this season, there can be an argument made that none of them are impact players.

“He was like, ‘Duh”, Cooper said with a smile, relaying Carr’s response. Coming back after that (injury) and throwing strikes. Oakland is bound to make the 2016 AFC Playoffs, but a drop in Carr’s play might take the Raiders from division winners to a wild card team.

Once again it wasn’t pretty, but the Raiders aren’t too interested in pretty as long as it’s a win.