Derek Carr watched the Raiders’ return to the playoffs Saturday from his couch, his right lower leg in a protective boot, participating the only way he could.
“I had my game plan there with me,” Carr said. “I’m trying to do the reads.”
Without Carr to make the throws, though, the Raiders’ renaissance season ended in Houston with a 27-14 loss to the Texans in the AFC wild-card game. They flew back to the Bay Area late Saturday night and spent Sunday holding end-of-season meetings and cleaning out lockers, rituals they had hoped to delay several more weeks.