After so many years of playing from behind with the Raiders, Derek Carr got a head start Tuesday.
His inevitable release was reported by multiple outlets before $40.4 million in guarantees kicked in, making the nine-year veteran a free agent. And the beauty of it for the Carr camp is he doesn’t have to wait until the free-agency negotiating period begins on March 13.
Carr has a clean slate, leaving the Raiders with more than $5.5 million in dead cap space, and can talk to any team without concern of compensation in terms of players or draft picks to the Raiders.
