The New Orleans Saints quarterback Derek Carr doesn’t have a serious injury as initially believed and might return to action earlier than expected. This was confirmed by Saints’ head coach, Dennis Allen, in a chat with reporters on Monday.
Carr got hurt in the third quarter of Sunday’s game against the Green Bay Packers after taking a hard sack from pass rusher Rashan Gary. He was slow to get up and seemed in a lot of pain as he made his way off the field. The 32-year-old player ended up being ruled out for the remainder of the game.
According to Allen, tests showed that Carr suffered a sprained AC joint in his right shoulder. The veteran signal-caller is considered “week to week” but could still end up playing in Week 4 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
“We’ll evaluate him as he goes throughout the week this week, we dodged a bullet there in terms of anything of real significance,” said Allen. “We’re saying week to week. But again, he felt better today than he did yesterday, so we’re not making any decisions today, we’re not ruling anything out.”
The Saints will be thrilled that Carr won’t miss much time, considering how good they looked with him on the field. Carr led the team to a 2-0 record and got them to a 17-0 lead against the Packers before exiting the game. New Orleans ended up suffering a 17-18 loss to Green Bay after failing to score a single point with backup Jameis Winston under the center.
