Las Vegas Raiders Derek Carr Makes History
A huge milestone was broken in the Raiders franchise on Sunday afternoon.
Derek Carr's second touchdown against the Buffalo Bills surpassed Ken Stabler's record for the most touchdown passes in franchise history.
Stabler's old record of 150 touchdowns came in his 10 seasons with the Silver and Black from 1970-79.
Although it took Carr only seven seasons to break the franchise record for the most touchdowns in Raiders history, he threw over 1,000 more passes than Stabler.
Of course, Stabler was not a starter in his early years with the Silver and Black, as he sat behind Daryle Lamonica and George Blanda. Carr has been the starter since he joined the Raiders in 2014.
Entering his 98th game as Raider, Carr threw his first touchdown pass of the game to Jason Witten in the second quarter, which tied the Raiders franchise record of 150 career passing touchdowns.
It came down to a fourth-quarter touchdown pass to Nelson Agholor that helped break the record.
"I took a moment and just thought about 'The Snake,' and his greatness," Carr said afterward. "He's the best man, I just tip my hat to his family, they've been so gracious to me, so loving to me. I wish I could have met him, I wish I could have talked to him, and I wish I could learn from him-- I'm thankful."
Since being drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the second round (36th overall) of the 2014 NFL Draft, Carr has looked up all the Raiders stats and has had in mind that he will break them one day.
Carr now has two franchise's records, most career passing yards which he set last season, and most career passing touchdowns. Both records were previously held by Stabler.
Entering this season, we expected Carr to break the franchise's record. The question was, when?
Carr finished the 2019 season with 143 touchdown passes. Thus far, he has eight and is only four games into the 2020 season, that record is expected to grow.
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