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The Devastation of Derek Carr: Injury Left Raiders Star QB Asking 'Why?'

• "It's super, super hard on him right now," Rodger Carr acknowledges. "He said, 'Dad, it's going to be hard to watch this game.' I told my wife the other day, 'Cheryl, this almost doesn't feel real. Sunday, he's going to be playing.' It doesn't feel right that this really did happen.Rodger Carr was the one who first convinced his sons to pour hours into training. Want to take a day off? That's fine. "Someone else could be the next Troy Aikman," he'd say. And Derek constantly rose to the challenge. One-hour workouts turned into 90-minute workouts, and 90-minute workouts turned i"I mean, Derek leaves the house at 5 every morning," Rodger Carr says. "It justthe work they put in to succeed, and you have it justbam! It's, 'Oh my god, Dad, we're going to the playoffs and I'm not playing.' It's really, really hard on him. I'll tell ya."
• Date: Jan 05, 2017
• Category: Sports
• Source: Google