ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Derek Carr, trudging along on a scooter and wearing a protective boot on his right leg, was hurting, physically and emotionally, thumbed his nose at convention Sunday.
Carr, who suffered a broken fibula in his right leg, insisted he would have been back to play in the Super Bowl had the Oakland Raiders advanced to the title game on Feb. 5.
"Absolutely," Carr said at the team facility in meeting beat reporters for the first time since suffering the injury on Dec. 24. "Yeah. Like everyone was telling me, 'No chance.