Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr celebrates after an NFL football game against the San Diego Chargers Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016, in San Diego. The Raiders won, 19-16. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)

Derek Carr what can you say he’s pretty much the weight of the franchise right now as the Oakland Raiders quarterback going into the last two games of the regular season as the Raiders prepare to host the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday at the Oakland Coliseum. They’ve taken him from under center to protect his pinkie finger and he’s been taking snaps from the shotgun or pistol formations. He goes under center the ball is going to forcibly hit that pinkie that’s going to cause further discomfort so the Raiders want to avoid that.

The offense has become a little bit more predictable but it’s definitely hard for the Raiders to have that good running attack that they’ve had and when Carr’s been there it’s been hard to run the ball in shotgun. Hopefully he gets fully healed and he can have a little bit of a diverse offense a little bit more reliability with the running game and it all starts with Derek Carr.

Joe Hawkes Beamon does the Raiders podcasts each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com