Graney: Bosa’s comments about Carr ignores bigger picture

Joey Bosa had an sentiment and is entitled to it. But not each judgments should beryllium evaluated successful a vacuum.

Or from 1 representation successful a clip of chaos.

Bosa is the talented antiaircraft extremity of the Los Angeles Chargers who had a fewer things to accidental pursuing his team’s 28-14 win against the Raiders connected Monday night.

He didn’t clasp backmost successful surmising that Raiders backmost Derek Carr is apt to beryllium shaken erstwhile deed a fewer times. That erstwhile unit comes, Carr recoils and shuts down.

Which brings america to that 1 inactive frame. A azygous static representation that made its mode crossed the Web erstwhile things concluded astatine SoFi Stadium.

A large leap

It is of Carr curling into a defenseless presumption arsenic Chargers antiaircraft extremity Christian Covington bears down connected him successful the 4th quarter.

Yowza. Seems a spot unfair. My conjecture is Bosa got to the locker country and saw this sent to him astir 50 times successful the radical substance and decided to popular disconnected astir it. Carr is having a large play contempt the struggles of the enactment https://t.co/VPGg8jrjI9 pic.twitter.com/ndeoPMhKjj

— Adam Hill (@AdamHillLVRJ) October 5, 2021

There is perfectly capable abstraction betwixt the players to question Carr’s willingness to springiness up connected what was a captious third-down play with the Raiders driving to perchance necktie the game.

But these things besides hap astatine 100 miles per hour. It’s a large leap to question a player’s toughness and statement him brushed — which is fundamentally what Bosa did — from 1 drawback successful 4 quarters.

“I emotion Joey and helium knows that,” Carr said. “It’s fine. The opinions I attraction astir are erstwhile I travel into the building. It volition ever beryllium that mode … I thought it was unfortunate that he’d adjacent deliberation to accidental it. Maybe helium was conscionable trying to get nether my skin, which helium did piss maine off. So bully job.”

I don’t retrieve Bosa having overmuch to accidental successful this respect erstwhile the Raiders won astatine SoFi past season. He missed that crippled aft suffering a concussion the erstwhile week.

But helium is the archetypal to spell connected grounds astir what has for truthful agelong been a viewpoint swimming nether the aboveground astir Carr: That of a subordinate who much times than not becomes skittish nether duress and checks down erstwhile unit arrives.

Nobody needs Bosa to corroborate that. Carr has been that backmost often during his career. But not this season. Not done 4 games.

Not erstwhile helium gets immoderate existent protection.

The bigger elephant successful the country close present is this: An violative enactment for the Raiders that has been awful.

The Raiders person allowed 12 sacks this season. It’s nary wonderment Carr senses the unreserved much and more. No wonderment helium appears truthful uncomfortable astatine times.

The thought helium should person thrown downfield much Monday is beyond shortsighted. You request clip for that. He isn’t getting overmuch astatine each close now. He was sacked 4 times and deed 7 others.

Henry Ruggs is fast. He’s not that fast. He isn’t getting to the apical of a station way successful nether 3 seconds. The Raiders request to hole their enactment issues acold much than worrying astir however Carr reacts to a rush.

The beforehand couldn’t artifact Bosa. Or Covington. Or Kyler Fackrell. Or Jerry Tillery. Couldn’t support them from causing each sorts of disruption. That’s the contented here.

‘A bully dude’

Carr is diversion capable to run. I’m conscionable not definite helium wants to. But helium was bully capable successful the pouch done 3 wins to unfastened the play that galore began mentioning him arsenic a starring MVP candidate.

Those screams turned to whispers pursuing the Chargers loss, but don’t hide Carr averaged conscionable implicit 400 yards per crippled passing successful that 3-0 start.

Was helium brushed then? Because his enactment was nary amended than what we saw Monday.

Bosa is simply a large player. He has besides missed astatine slightest 4 games successful 3 of the erstwhile 5 seasons with injury. He missed 9 successful 2018. Is helium soft?

“It was an affectional nighttime (for the Chargers),” Carr said. “Joey is simply a bully dude. He’s entitled to accidental it.

“We’ll interest astir him different day.”

Opinions are fine. They’re conscionable not ever sensible erstwhile made successful a vacuum.

Ed Graney is simply a Sigma Delta Chi Award victor for sports file penning and tin beryllium reached astatine egraney@reviewjournal.com oregon 702-383-4618. He tin beryllium heard connected “The Press Box,” ESPN Radio 100.9 FM and 1100 AM, from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. Monday done Friday. Follow @edgraney connected Twitter.