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Summary Former Las Vegas Raiders general manager Mike Mayock was critical of Derek Carr's performance since Jon Gruden was fired by the team in 2021.

Content <p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/derek-carr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Derek Carr</a> nearly got the New Orleans Saints back to the playoffs in 2023 in his first season as their starting quarterback after spending nine years with the Las Vegas Raiders.</p><p>But in the days since <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Raiders</a> parted ways with head coach Jon Gruden over a leaked email scandal, the team’s former general manager Mike Mayock hasn’t been impressed.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><u>CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM</u></strong></a></p><p>"I thought Jon did an unbelievable job with Derek Carr," Mayock said on a recent episode of the "3 &amp; Out" podcast. "Since Jon left, Derek has gone downhill."</p><p>Gruden was fired in the middle of the 2021 season. Then-special teams coach Rich Bisaccia was named the interim coach and before the 2022 season, Las Vegas brought in Josh McDaniels as the new head coach. Dave Ziegler also replaced Mayock as general manager.</p><p>Carr was a four-time Pro Bowler with the Raiders, three of which came when he was being coached under Jack Del Rio. When Gruden took over, Carr started a string of seasons in which he threw for 4,000 or more passing yards. He hasn’t hit that mark since 2021.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/chiefs-royals-kansas-city-futures-thrown-loop-voters-reject-stadium-tax" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>CHIEFS, ROYALS' FUTURES IN KANSAS CITY THROWN FOR LOOP AFTER VOTERS REJECT STADIUM TAX</strong></a></p><p>The quarterback was rumored to be on the trade block after the 2021 season, but Mayock maintained the team never entertained offers.</p><p>"The reality is that there’s always going to be X number of franchise quarterbacks," Mayock added <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t6cNgnenPs" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">on the podcast</a>. "One group below that is another five or six guys that I think you can win with.… I felt strongly that each year with Jon, Derek got better and by the end of the ’21 season, whether you were a Derek Carr guy or not, I think you’d have to say he was a top 12 or 13 quarterback."</p><p>Carr joined <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/sports/nfl/new-orleans-saints" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Saints</a> in the 2023 offseason.</p><p>He finished with 3,878 passing yards, 25 touchdown passes and eight interceptions. It was the first time he threw for fewer than 10 interceptions since 2020.</p><p><i><strong>Follow Fox News Digital’s</strong></i><a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNewsSports_" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><i><strong> <u>sports coverage on X</u></strong></i></a><i><strong> and subscribe to</strong></i><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/newsletters" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><i><strong><u> the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter</u></strong></i></a><i><strong>.</strong></i></p>

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Hidden blurb --- !ruby/object:Feedjira::Parser::RSSEntry published: 2024-04-03 14:48:54.000000000 Z carlessian_info: news_filer_version: 2 newspaper: US - Fox News macro_region: USA entry_id: !ruby/object:Feedjira::Parser::GloballyUniqueIdentifier is_perma_link: 'true' guid: https://www.foxnews.com/sports/derek-carr-gone-downhill-since-jon-gruden-left-raiders-former-nfl-gm-says title: Derek Carr has 'gone downhill' since Jon Gruden left Raiders, former NFL GM says categories: - 557691e0-62f3-551e-88dd-31b0bee6364a - fnc - Fox News - fox-news/sports/nfl/new-orleans-saints - fox-news/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders - fox-news/sports/nfl - fox-news/person/derek-carr - fox-news/sports - article content: <p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/derek-carr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Derek Carr</a> nearly got the New Orleans Saints back to the playoffs in 2023 in his first season as their starting quarterback after spending nine years with the Las Vegas Raiders.</p><p>But in the days since <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Raiders</a> parted ways with head coach Jon Gruden over a leaked email scandal, the team’s former general manager Mike Mayock hasn’t been impressed.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><u>CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM</u></strong></a></p><p>"I thought Jon did an unbelievable job with Derek Carr," Mayock said on a recent episode of the "3 &amp; Out" podcast. "Since Jon left, Derek has gone downhill."</p><p>Gruden was fired in the middle of the 2021 season. Then-special teams coach Rich Bisaccia was named the interim coach and before the 2022 season, Las Vegas brought in Josh McDaniels as the new head coach. Dave Ziegler also replaced Mayock as general manager.</p><p>Carr was a four-time Pro Bowler with the Raiders, three of which came when he was being coached under Jack Del Rio. When Gruden took over, Carr started a string of seasons in which he threw for 4,000 or more passing yards. He hasn’t hit that mark since 2021.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/chiefs-royals-kansas-city-futures-thrown-loop-voters-reject-stadium-tax" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>CHIEFS, ROYALS' FUTURES IN KANSAS CITY THROWN FOR LOOP AFTER VOTERS REJECT STADIUM TAX</strong></a></p><p>The quarterback was rumored to be on the trade block after the 2021 season, but Mayock maintained the team never entertained offers.</p><p>"The reality is that there’s always going to be X number of franchise quarterbacks," Mayock added <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t6cNgnenPs" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">on the podcast</a>. "One group below that is another five or six guys that I think you can win with.… I felt strongly that each year with Jon, Derek got better and by the end of the ’21 season, whether you were a Derek Carr guy or not, I think you’d have to say he was a top 12 or 13 quarterback."</p><p>Carr joined <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/sports/nfl/new-orleans-saints" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Saints</a> in the 2023 offseason.</p><p>He finished with 3,878 passing yards, 25 touchdown passes and eight interceptions. It was the first time he threw for fewer than 10 interceptions since 2020.</p><p><i><strong>Follow Fox News Digital’s</strong></i><a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNewsSports_" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><i><strong> <u>sports coverage on X</u></strong></i></a><i><strong> and subscribe to</strong></i><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/newsletters" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><i><strong><u> the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter</u></strong></i></a><i><strong>.</strong></i></p> summary: Former Las Vegas Raiders general manager Mike Mayock was critical of Derek Carr&apos;s performance since Jon Gruden was fired by the team in 2021. rss_fields: - title - url - summary - categories - published - entry_id - content - image url: https://www.foxnews.com/sports/derek-carr-gone-downhill-since-jon-gruden-left-raiders-former-nfl-gm-says image: https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2024/04/931/523/Jon-Gruden-Derek-Carr.jpg?ve=1&tl=1

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