Raiders’ Derek Carr says he wishes injured Dolphins lineman ‘would’ve just landed on me’
Raiders quarterback Derek Carr expressed remorse Wednesday over the injury Miami defensive end William Hayes suffered while sacking him in the Dolphins’ 28-20 win last Sunday.
Hayes tore an ACL on the play while, according to Miami head coach Adam Gase, trying to avoid landing on Carr and drawing a roughing-the-passer penalty.
Carr said he would have preferred the alternative.
“Honestly, I said this to my wife and a couple teammates the other day, I wish the guy would’ve just landed on me besides tear his ACL,” Carr said. “I’ve been playing a while and I’ve been hit my fair share, guys land on you and things like that. It is what it is.