OAKLAND -- When Derek Carr emerged last Sunday from the Oakland Coliseum tunnel for his Willis Reed moment, his dislocated right pinkie finger popped back into place, a sense of déjà vu overcome more than a few in the gathering.
That includes former Oakland Raiders right tackle Lincoln Kennedy, who now works games as the team’s radio sideline reporter.
It was in Week 9 of the 1999 season when Rich Gannon, in his first season with the Raiders, played through a similar, if not as well-known, injury that endeared the first-year Oakland quarterback to his teammates and then-coach Jon Gruden.