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How the shutdown benefited Derek Carr's status with the Raiders

HENDERSON, Nev. -- The metamorphosis of Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr continues.

It's as if he went into a cocoon the day after he talked of needing some "fresh air" on his way out of Oakland back in December and is emerging as a neon-plated, butterfly about Las Vegas. From taking part in Sin City-inspired photo shoots at posh resorts to insisting he's going to use his platform to stand up for social justice, to saying he is tired of being "disrespected," to rocking the jersey of the baddest bad boy of the Raiders of the 1970s at practice -- Ken "Snake" Stabler.