Raiders QB Derek Carr ‘growing’ amid difficult season

Derek Carr added a wrinkle to his weekly routine this season, a short window on the days after games in which the Raiders’ quarterback sits down in a room in his home, pulls up YouTube and speaks directly to fans about football and their questions.

Carr did not hold his customary chat after the loss to the Cowboys a week ago Sunday. He said he tried, but his phone wasn’t working.

As setbacks go, it was relatively minor in the scope of Carr’s past year. Before suffering a broken fibula a year ago on Christmas Eve, Carr was an MVP candidate for a playoff-bound team. He signed a five-year, $125 million contract over the offseason that briefly made him the league’s highest-paid player, but he has…