The sides still are finalizing language, but the deal could be announced as early as the end of this week.
Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr reportedly is closing in on a new contract worth $25 million a year, and if he hits that number he'll become the NFL's highest-paid player. Colts quarterback Andrew Luck has an average annual paycheck of $24.594 million per season, now the highest. While the team will be in a financial bind of sorts, they will gladly take it to keep a hold of their franchise QB for years to come.
Carr, 26, still has one season left on his 4-year, $5.3 million rookie contract he signed in 2014 after being drafted in the second round out of Fresno State.
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Nothing done yet. trust me you will hear it here first. Carr wanted to be with the Raiders and after years and years of losing, the Raiders weren't going to let him hit free agency next offseason.
The reason that the Oakland Raiders might want to jump the gun and pay huge to keep Derek Carr is that Oakland has gone many years without sniffing the playoffs before 2016. Matt McGloin was bad in the regular-season finale and rookie Connor Cook had predictable problems in his first career start as the Raiders lost a wild-card playoff game to the Houston Texans. He's coming off a campaign in which he threw for 3,937 yards with 28 touchdowns and six interceptions in 15 games, putting him in the MVP discussion.
Derek Carr has only played in the National Football League for three seasons.
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