Derek Carr is choosing violence with his latest statement.
On Wednesday, the Las Vegas Raiders quarterback suggested in his first comments since Jon Gruden resigned that all communication from front office personnel and coaches be made available.
“If we just started opening up everybody’s private emails and texts, people will start sweating a little bit,” Carr told reporters on Wednesday, via ESPN. “Hopefully not too many, but maybe that’s what they should do for all coaches and GMs and owners from now on. You got to open up everything and see what happens.”
On Monday, Gruden sent in his resignation after a New York Times report that he’d sent hateful homophobic, racist and misogynistic emails over the course of a decade. His emails were only discovered as part of the 10-month investigation into the Washington Football Team’s toxic club culture.
Carr declined to go too deep into his feelings, but he did state that he loves “the man” but hates “the sin.”
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“I love the man, [but] you hate the sin,” he said. “No one’s perfect.”
“But you hate the action, you hate it. You’re not supposed to like it, but you love the person. And I love the person. I’ve grown to love him so much.”
He added:
“But long story short, you hate, you feel for everybody involved, but I will always be someone, no matter who does what, I’m going to love you. And if that’s wrong, then I’m okay being wrong. I’m going to try and build people up no matter what. That doesn’t make what they did right, but I’m always going to be there to try and be there on the next step, on the other side, to try and lift them back up and love them up again.”
The Raiders are 3-2 and one game out of the lead in the AFC West. They are currently on a 2-game losing streak as Rich Bisaccia will be serving as interim head coach and offensive coordinator Greg Olson will do the playcalling on offense.
