HENDERSON, Nev.–The Las Vegas Raiders returned to winning on Sunday by downing their AFC West rival the Denver Broncos.Derek Carr had an exceptional game, and we have everything he said about the contest from after the game.You can watch the entire video below, and read the transcript:Raiders QB Derek CarrQ: Can you talk about your ability to run and keep drives alive today?Carr: “It was something that we used to emphasize. Jon Gru Gruden would always tell me to run for two a game. Just challenging me, two first downs a game is what he would say. Now, with the way that we’re playing, if they want to double everybody, I take it upon my shoulders and find a lane and go, just to make it hard for people. It’s definitely something I’m conscious about. It’s definitely something I’m trying to do and Willie Herenton Jersey get as many yards as I can to put that pre sure on the defenses because I think ultimately, it’ll help Davante Adams . I think it’ll help Darren Waller . Itll help Hunter Renfrow when he’s back. It will help our skill guys to get some normal coverages, but until then, if people want to keep doing it, then I have to be able to try and do that the best that I can.”Q: What did you see out of Josh Jacobs running today? Was there something different today?Carr: If I’m honest, I’ve seen it this year. At the end of last year, and this year, I kept telling him, I said, Keep doing that, bro. That’s special.’ And he did it last year, and he was doing it this year. The games, some of them, just the way that the flow had been, we just couldn’t keep doing that in certain areas. But I’m just so proud of him because he works extremely hard and has a great smile on his face every day. I think it was a career-high for him also, which is huge. If teams want to play help on Davante Adams and things like that, then Josh, Braxton Berrios Jersey and myself, whenever I can, that running game will only help. Our offensive line, give them credit for opening those holes, and the full backs, tight ends. Some of those impacts I saw when I turned around were unbelievable. But some of the cuts Josh made today, I think there was one of those little zone runs to the left and he stopped, he spun, and he went back up through it. I said, ‘That’s different.’ He hit it, and he knew that there was a hole there, so he spun back into it and had a huge run and had an acceleration out of it which was special.”Q: What was the mindset this week? They are a pretty good defense, and you went right at them on offense.Carr: They’re a really good defense. That’s one of the better groups I’ve played in my nine years. It’s tough. They make everything difficult. Any plays that we made, if you look at it from their perspective, they’re that close also from making a play. So, they make it very hard to do anything right. The mindset this week for us was really accountability. Really holding each other accountable to the standard as a whole that we expect as leaders. Davante Tae Adams can tell me, ‘Hey, come on now.’ Or I can tell him, ‘Tae, let’s go.’ There’s no hierarchy. We’re just all right here and we’re all trying to do the same thing, we’re going to hold each other to this standard. I thought we had our best week of practice. I thought we had our best week of preparation. Guys staying extra, staying after, getting there early, whatever it may be, to make sure they were on their a signments. I thought that was our best week of that. So, ultimately, it led to a win. It doesn’t promise it, but it shows us that it’s a recipe that works.” Q: Did you guys stre s being more physical this week?Carr: Yeah, I Kameron McGusty Jersey think especially with the way that Josh McDaniels wanted to take the ball to start and we were able to run the ball. The run game is what’s going to help everything. If we can run the ball, it’s going to make Davante Tae’s Adams life easier. It won’t make it too easy because they’re still finding ways to do different things, and we’re seeing new coverages invented every week for him. And it’s special, but it allows for that physicality part it was an emphasis to be physical. To be able to run the ball the way we did really helped win this game for us.” Q: What’s the feeling in the locker room for Josh McDaniels to get his first win as head coach with this team? Carr: I think for him, he’s trying to preach the right thing. He’s trying to teach us how to do it and the way that he’s seen succe s. I think now it validates some of the things he emphasized, and I would let him talk about what he emphasized. But the things he emphasized in the game, we did it in practice and then we did it in the game, and we won. So, I think it validates to the whole room, we got this formula each week and if we know the keys to victory and we do them Dewan Hernandez Jersey in practice, we’re going to do them in the game and it will help us win. I think it validates it for him. I didn’t even think about it being against his former team, but I gave him the ball at the end. I kept that for him and I said, ‘I know that you got a lot of wins at the other place, but it’s your first one here.’ I was able to do that, and that was a special moment for me to be able to hand that to him. I’ve done it for all the coaches that have been here, when it was their first one, so I thought it’d be right to do it for him.”Scroll to Continue Q: How important is it to create opportunities for Davante Adams on offense even when he is being double-teamed? Carr: There were some throws today that just of the timing of a certain play, like usually the ball needs to be out when theyre doubling, but I would pump fake or look and just try to hit him in the next window. And that takes Miami Hurricanes College Jersey the offensive line doing their part. For me to be able to play the game that freely, that takes them doing their part because it’s going to help us, it’s going to help get the football in one of our best players’ hands. But there was a couple of times where they decided to single him up and he was able to get the ball. They tried to double him a couple of times in different kinds of ways with certain coverages. One play, they had three guys accounted for him and he still caught the football. That’s a credit to the offensive line, allowing me to do certain things with my eyes. And its a credit to Josh McDaniels , trusting us and putting certain plays in and just coming up with schemes and different ways to make it happen. And then if guys want to think up different plays and things like that, ‘Hey, we saw this work before. I’ve seen them when they would double Darren Waller or double Hunter Renfrow , I’ve seen this work before.’ I think he takes the input; he sees what’s best for our scheme and our team, and he puts them in. So, it’s good.”Q: What does it say about the character of the team that morale nev