Derek Carrier is, for all intents and purposes, the Oakland Raiders’ third-string tight end. He scored the game-winning touchdown on Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers to give the Raiders just their third win of the season in 13 tries. On fourth down, with just seconds to play, no less.
That’s not the way you want to lose a game. You don’t want to lose any game in any way, but to lose one in the final seconds to a player who is probably at best 7th or 8th in the pecking order in terms of who is the most likely to receive a pass kind of adds insult to injury.