McDaniels says deal talks with Carr yet to begin

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• 8:16 PM UTC Paul GutierrezESPN Staff Writer Close Covered Oakland Raiders for CSNBayArea.com and Sacramento Bee for eight years Member of Pro Football Writers Association Previously worked at Los Angeles Times, Las Vegas Review-Journal and Sports Illustrated INDIANAPOLIS -- While Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr is primed to enter the final year of the then-record five-year, $125 million contract extension he signed in 2017, new head coach Josh McDaniels acknowledged Wednesday at the combine that no new extension talks have taken place.
• Carr, who last summer said he would "probably quit football if I had to play for somebody else" and would "rather go down with the ship," insisted after the wild-card round loss at the eventual AFC champion Cincinnati Bengals that he was not a "face-to-face guy" when it came to negotiations and that his "message will be talked about" when it came time.
• The Raiders seemingly have three choices when it comes to Carr and the 2022 season: 1) Simply guarantee the $19.8-plus million remaining on his deal and see if he would honor the final year of the contract, with the potential of a bigger payday or $35 million or so franchise tag on the other end; 2) Sign him to an extension before seeing if Carr and McDaniels truly mesh, basically sight unseen; 3) Entertain trade offers and start fresh.
• He stays there in Nevada, so we're aware of where things are and, again, as I said when I was introduced [as coach], I'm really looking forward to working with him.

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