![]() ![]() Windows uses telemetry to identify security issues and fix software problems. Carr was so intent on tidying up that day, on Oct.One of the most controversial things about Windows 10 is its telemetry gathering. 25, 2015, that by the time Jones saw him, the quarterback had two armfuls of wrappers, plastic cups and discarded beer bottles. “He was about to go out on the field and he was looking for a trash can. “I said, ‘Derek, why don’t you let me take care of that? I know you have to go play the second half.’ He just looked at me, like, ‘Thank you’ and ran out to the field.” Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr threw for 3,937 yards last season with 28 touchdowns and six interceptions. He had a career best passer rating of 96.7. The Raiders like that their quarterback is a Good Samaritan. ![]() But they love him more for his good deeds on the field. Carr is one of five players in NFL history to throw 80 touchdown passes over his first three seasons, joining Dan Marino, Peyton Manning, Andrew Luck and Andy Dalton. Of that group, Carr is the only one to do so with fewer than 40 interceptions (he has 31). “He’s a guy that respects the game, respects the history of it and didn’t come into the league as a guy that felt like he knows it all,” longtime Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers said. “As a veteran, you can appreciate that in a young guy.”Ĭarr, now 26, enters his fourth NFL season as a viable MVP candidate on a team with Super Bowl aspirations. They gave Carr a five-year, $125 million contract extension in June for an average salary of $25 million that makes him the second highest-paid player in the NFL. (Matthew Stafford of the Detroit Lions has reported annual value of slightly more than $27 million.) Like our Oakland Raiders Facebook page for more Raiders news, commentary and conversation.īut for a man who doesn’t swear, Carr’s breakout season sure felt cursed. He sustained a broken leg on Christmas Eve last year, a gruesome injury that ended his season and, essentially, the Raiders’ title hopes. Carr’s passer rating has gone up every season since his rookie year, from 76.6 to 91.1 to 96.7. His passerby rating is also at an all-time high. The Bay Area-based music producer and DJ was out running errands near his Danville home on March 14 when his car conked out at a red light. One of the items on his to-do list - “get gas” - should have been higher in the order. Reeser flipped on his hazards, called AAA and was sitting in his car mulling his options when a friendly stranger in a black Denali pickup truck pulled up alongside. “Hey, is everything OK?” the stranger asked. When Reeser explained the situation, the driver told him to hop in. On their way to the station, they made chitchat, with each asking the other what they did for a living. When Carr said he played football, Reeser assumed he meant college. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group After being snubbed by a superstar as a kid, Raiders quarterback Derek Carr vowed to be friendly and approachable with fans. Their conversation was so low-key and amiable that it took Reeser a few more minutes to realize that he was talking to the Raiders’ two-time Pro Bowl quarterback. And even when Carr ‘fessed up and blew his cover, they switched right back to talking about other things.Ĭarr told him about his dream of becoming a pastor someday. And before they parted ways, they stood at the quiet intersection where they’d just met and prayed. “He put his hand on my shoulder and we bowed our heads and we said a prayer,” Reeser recalled. “It was just very surreal being in that moment.”Ĭarr seemed like such an ordinary guy that Reeser forgot all about the mandatory modern celebrity drill - a selfie with the star. Proof came later, though, when Reeser tweeted his thanks and Carr replied: “God bless you, too! Anytime!!! But hopefully not on the side of the road again haha.” More than one wrote, “Photo or it didn’t happen.” And when he wrote up his tale later and posted it on Facebook, many friends weren’t buying it. His friends will soon be able to see Reeser and Carr appear in the same regional television ad. Dignity Health in Bakersfield, as part of its “Hello, Human Kindness” campaign, taped a spot of them recounting the roadside rescue.Ĭarr remains taken aback that the story went viral. He shrugged it off when asked about it again during training camp. ![]()
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