OAKLAND, Calif. -- Derek Carr surveyed the field.
It was third-and-3 at the Dallas 8-yard line and muscle memory kicked in. The Oakland Raiders quarterback, under duress, rolled to his right and sprinted to the right pylon.
He picked up the first down but in stretching for the pylon, and in getting hit by Dallas Cowboys safety Jeff Heath, fumbled the ball. And because it went through the end zone, it was a touchback and the Cowboys got possession with 31 seconds on the clock.
Even with a partial return of that vaunted Carr magic from 2016, when he engineered seven comeback wins in the fourth quarter or overtime.