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Carr will be forever linked to Bortles

ALAMEDA, Calif. — Derek Carr is well aware of the quarterbacks who went ahead of him in the draft, even if he tries to downplay the meaning of matching up against them.

Carr and the Raiders will get their first look Sunday at the Jacksonville Jaguars’ Blake Bortles, the first quarterback who came off the board in that 2014 draft.

“You always are grouped in that little group,” Carr said, mentioning Bortles and the Vikings’ Teddy Bridgewater, Patriots’ Jimmy Garoppolo and former NFL quarterback Johnny Manziel — all fellow 2014 draft picks.

“When you think of your class, you always think of those guys,” Carr said. “But, as I’ve been playing through the years, you don’t really think about it because it’s so far removed. Right when it happens, you’re like, ‘Man, I can’t wait for that,’ but once you get past that, it doesn’t even matter. You’re just trying to win football games.”

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