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It was a serious, heart-stopping moment. With just over 5 minutes on the clock in the third quarter at Heinz Field, Derek Carr lay on the turf, in agony.

Carr, clipped late and from behind by a Steelers defender, didn’t see what he had just accomplished with a 9-yard scoring strike to Foster Moreau. He looked up and saw a crowd of more than a dozen Raiders — players, coaches, trainers — gathered, their faces showing concern.

“Did he catch it?” Carr asked from the turf.

Silence.

“Did he freaking catch it?!!!”

Yes, someone replied. That’s when Carr declared that the apparent right ankle injury wasn’t serious enough to knock him out. Whew.

“All right,” he added, "get me up.”

Before Carr was helped to his feet and able to jog to the sideline with a 16-7 lead, the Raiders showed just how much they cared for their fearless teammate.

“They stood praying for me,” Carr said during his postgame news conference. “That was a beautiful moment.”

I’ll let his play speak for itself,” Raiders coach Jon Gruden, in his fourth season on the job, told reporters. On Monday night, Carr threw 56 times for 435 yards, including a game-winning, 31-yard TD throw in overtime. "I’ve been clamoring about Derek since I’ve been here. Hopefully, he’ll start to get some recognition.”

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