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Derek Carr overcomes ankle scare to continue Raiders' historic early-season groove

PITTSBURGH -- The ball was just coming down from its nine-yard arc toward Foster Moreau in the left corner of the end zone when Derek Carr felt his surgically-repaired right ankle give way.

The Las Vegas Raiders' quarterback, whose 2016 season came to a painful Christmas Eve end with that fractured fibula, went down on the Heinz Field grass and was suddenly surrounded by teammates.

"There's 30 people, oh my gosh," Carr recalled. "First thing I asked was, 'Did he catch it?' No one answered me. 'Did he freaking catch it?