EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New Orleans Saints quarterback Derek Carr left Sunday’s 14-11 win towards the New York Giants with a left hand harm and a possible concussion, placing his standing for subsequent week’s recreation towards the Washington Commanders in query.
Saints interim coach Darren Rizzi mentioned after the sport that Carr is at present going by way of exams to find out the severity of the hand harm, however a league supply informed ESPN that there is concern a couple of fracture.
“They are going to do all of the scans and the X-rays and all that, so we’ll sort of play that by ear,” Rizzi mentioned. “However he made an outstanding effort to attempt to maintain our drive going, to get a primary down there, simply an unselfish participant diving and I believe he tried to place his hand down and brace himself.”
Carr took off operating and collided with teammate Kevin Austin Jr. after making an attempt to launch over a Giants defender close to the primary down marker with 4 minutes remaining within the recreation. He reached out his left arm to brace his fall as he got here down on the turf. Carr’s helmet additionally collided with the turf as he hit the bottom, and he didn’t instantly rise up after the collision.
Athletic trainers tended to Carr on the sideline earlier than taking him to the harm tent, the place he was briefly evaluated. He then went to the locker room and seemed to be favoring his left arm as he walked to the tunnel.
“He simply dove,” Saints tight finish Juwan Johnson mentioned. “The factor is, earlier than the collection even began, he was simply speaking about how he was going to put it on the road. And that is the true instance of laying it out on the road. … He cares about his workforce lots and I will all the time go to struggle with someone like that. It sucks that he received damage from it, however I respect the choice for what he did. He is simply making an attempt to win.”
That is the second time that Carr has left a recreation with an harm this season; he exited within the fourth quarter of a Week 5 loss to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs with an indirect harm and missed the subsequent three video games earlier than returning in Week 9.
Carr didn’t miss a recreation final season — his first with the Saints — however left three video games early with accidents. He sprained the AC joint in his throwing shoulder final 12 months however returned the next week, and likewise left two video games to enter concussion protocol.
“It sucks,” Johnson mentioned. “For a man that has labored so onerous, simply generally, simply on the sector and off the sector, it sort of sucks to see how his season has form of panned out, the place he misses probably the most video games than he in all probability has in his profession and he is in all probability going to overlook extra time. Or regardless of the case could also be.
“… However he is simply been having a tough go and we’re behind him. … We simply must be there for him.”
Jake Haener changed Carr in each the Chiefs recreation and the Giants recreation however didn’t try a go in Sunday’s win. The Saints went with rookie Spencer Rattler within the three video games that Carr missed, going 0-3. Rattler accomplished 59.6% of his passes for 571 yards, a landing and two interceptions in these matchups.
“We have nonetheless received guys like Haener,” Johnson mentioned. “He is been enjoying actually good ball. He performed actually good ball in coaching camp. We’re excited to rally round him, let him do his factor and see how that performs out.”
