Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis had a special connection with former Raiders quarterback Derek Carr.
Carr, who served as the Raiders’ franchise quarterback for nearly a decade, led the Silver and Black to the only successful seasons Davis has had as the club’s owner to date – the 2015-16 and 2021-22 seasons in which the Raiders reached the postseason, the only times they have done so since reaching the Super Bowl in 2003.
Recently, Carr told a funny story about Davis from his early years as quarterback for the Raiders on the podcast “Pardon My Take.”
“When I signed my first contract with him (Davis), he was like, ‘I’m going to buy you a car,'” Carr said. “I said, ‘All right, sick. Do I have to pick it up from the dealer?’ He said, ‘No, don’t worry about it. A Ferrari. Got it for you.’ I said, ‘Sick, man.’ Because we had always talked about cars together. And so he said, ‘I’ll come over.’ So he came over and got this car, about the size (of a toy car). It’s a Ferrari. He said, ‘I bought it for your kids; I already gave you enough money.’ (Laughter). I thought, ‘This guy is great.’
It was moments like these that made the relationship between Carr and Davis what it was.
That’s why it was very difficult when the two parties finally separated.
Shortly after the Raiders released Carr in February 2023, Davis made it clear that he blamed himself for the entire time Carr ran the offense.
“As I told Derek, I’ve been the one constant with the Raiders for the last 11 years,” Davis said in an interview with Tashan Reed of The Athletic. “And the fact that we didn’t win is on me. There’s no finger pointing or recrimination: the responsibility is here. And I apologized to him for not getting it done. That’s how I feel.”
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