Maxx Crosby kept 100 when asked about the Las Vegas Raiders QB for the next two weeks.
Earlier this week, the franchise made the decision to bench Derek Carr to keep him healthy for a possible trade this offseason, which seems to mark his final stay with the team. Head coach Josh McDaniels announced Wednesday he will start backup quarterback Jarrett Stidham over the final two weeks of the 2022 NFL season.
According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, Carr will step away from the team for the next two weeks.
To get a feel for other players thinking about the situation, reporters were in the locker room on Friday and got a notable quote from Maxx Crosby.
The Raiders’ defensive end called Stidham an ‘asshole,’ but not in a bad way. This was more of a compliment.
“When he’s out there he’s kind of an asshole, so I respect it…”
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McDaniels’ and Stidham’s relationship goes back before their time in Las Vegas, as Stidham spent the last two seasons in the New England Patriots’ QB room.
“He attacks practice,” McDaniels said in his Wednesday press conference. “Those are his days, and he’s prepared against our first defense, all year long. I promise you, nobody has thrown with more guys around him and in his face in practice than he has this year in the NFL, because [Maxx] Crosby buzzes the tower on almost every play, and so do some of those other guys. So he’s had some really great weeks of preparation against our defense, not that everything went perfect, which that’s a good thing for our team, but he’s seen as tough as it can be in terms of looks, speed, rush, coverage, variations, and he approaches those periods like those are his games.
“That’s all you can do when you’re in his position, because you’re always one play away, and Derek’s [Carr] obviously been such a tough guy in terms of being able to play through whatever for his whole career, so he didn’t get an opportunity to do that yet this year. But I expect him, like I said, to prepare like he always has and with the intent on going out and playing well.”
Stidham has taken just 16 snaps under center for the Silver and Black this season. His most action came in the preseason.
In 11 appearances over three years, the 2019 fourth-round pick has completed 52.5 percent of his passes for 342 yards, two touchdowns, and four interceptions.
