Derek Carr left the pocket on second-and-6 Sunday at the beginning of the second quarter and saw no one open. All four of the route concepts being run by eligible Raiders receivers curled or stopped right at the first-down marker, with a Steelers defender draped on or bracketed around them nearby.
And so Carr folded the ball in his right arm, a little like a fullback relishing his lone screen pass reception of the season, and darted upfield into a crowded mess of Steelers defenders. Because his legs were tangled by linebacker Alex Highsmith, it prevented Carr from going to the ground smoothly.