A lot has been said about the link between New Orleans Saints head coach Dennis Allen and Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr — Allen drafted Carr into the NFL back in 2014, after all, — and that bond clearly mattered to some extent when Carr made a two-day excursion to New Orleans to meet with Allen and other Saints brass at the team facility, with either a trade or release from the Raiders on the horizon.
And it appears they share a very strong sense of mutual respect. Carr reflected on his ties with Allen ahead of the Raiders’ midseason road game with the Saints last November, saying in a press conference with local media, via SI.com’s Aidan Champion: “D.A. and I have a great relationship still to this day. And I still talk to him and things like that — obviously not this week and all those things, but we’ve always kept in contact, we’ve always been close. I love him, I loved having him.”
