This Raiders Starter Won't Be Back in 2021

Sweeping changes are coming to the Las Vegas Raiders, and the biggest change might be at quarterback given how the last few seasons have gone.

Derek Carr is running out of time with the Raiders, as he might not get more than one season in Vegas after the 2020 season if he once again puts up his solid, if uninspiring, numbers on a team that ends up below .500 again.

Carr might have completed 70 percent of his passes while throwing 21 touchdowns against eight interceptions last year, but those numbers came in a conservative offense that very rarely let him cut it loose down the field and thrived on garbage time stats. If the Raiders were convinced that he turned over a new leaf after posting the best passer rating of his career, why did they make former Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota the second highest-paid backup in the league to compete with him?

The Raiders have set themselves up to unload Carr's contract, which has $62 million left on it over three years, and either move forward with Mariota or draft a quarterback in a deep 2021 class, should he regress.

Carr has just about hit his ceiling. While he could be a perfect bridge quarterback and is certainly a serviceable starter, you aren't going to win Super Bowls with him. Jon Gruden needs to start winning soon, and Carr might not be the quarterback best equipped to get the Raiders back to a place of prominence.