When Josh McDaniels and Dave Ziegler joined the Las Vegas Raiders in 2022, they came it with the idea that Derek Carr was their franchise quarterback.
They cemented this belief with a trade that brought wide receiver and Carr’s former Fresno State teammate Davante Adams to Las Vegas, and the team hoped to build on a surprise playoff appearance from the previous season. Unfortunately for Carr and the Raiders, a six-win campaign marred by inconsistent play under center lead to the team making a quarterback change before the end of the season. Carr was released during that offseason, and all four major pieces to that puzzle are long gone.