Derek Carr: Joey Bosa’s ‘shook’ comments ‘did piss me off’
Joey Bosa had a less-than respectful take on Derek Carr after the Los Angeles Chargers beat the Las Vegas Raiders on Monday evening.
The Chargers’ Pro Bowl skedaddle rusher logged a sack and two hits on the Raiders quarterback. He later instructed journalists that Carr “shuts down” when defenses put collectively stress.
“We knew when we hit him about a times, he in point of fact gets shook,” Bosa instructed journalists. “And you noticed on [Christian Covington’s] sack, he used to be vivid worthy curling into a ball earlier than we even received abet there.
“Huge dude, sizable participant, he’s been having a sizable one year. However everybody is conscious of while you acquire stress on him, he roughly shuts down.”
That isn’t very precisely the roughly standing NFL quarterbacks peep out. And Carr — not surprisingly — wasn’t chuffed with Bosa’s take. He responded Wednesday.
“I merely thought it used to be heart-broken that he’d even think to direct it,” Carr instructed journalists at Raiders put collectively. “Presumably he used to be merely making an try to acquire below my skin. Which, he did piss me off. So real job for that.”
Must always Carr be admitting that?
While Carr feeling that manner is rarely in any appreciate times frightful, admitting out loud that a division opponent gets below his skin is. The Raiders and Chargers — each and each 3-1 — face off all once more in Week 18 in a sport that could well want fundamental playoff stakes linked. If Bosa used to be assured in his skill to rattle Carr earlier than, he’s definite of it now.
However Carr, whose Raiders responded with 14 consecutive aspects after giving up a 21-0 lead, countered that early Chargers stress in actuality impressed the Raiders.
“He’s entitled to that thought, pronouncing those things, but it’s nearly like he watched the game in reverse,” Carr persisted. “The sport that I watched, we came out and fought quite bit after they received after us quite bit upfront.”
For the reason that Chargers collected walked away with a 28-14 acquire, right here’s guessing Bosa’s not too moved by Carr’s counterpoint.