The Raiders have a new quarterbacks coach to work with Derek Carr heading into Carr’s second NFL season.
The team has yet to make a formal announcement that they’ve hired Todd Downing to fill the role, but Downing’s agent Ken Sarnoff spilled the beans on Twitter on Thursday night.
Downing spent the 2014 season working with EJ Manuel in Buffalo and the hope would certainly be that Carr’s second year goes better than 2014 went for Manuel, who was benched early in the season in favor of Kyle Orton. Downing came to Buffalo at the same time as former Bills defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz, who brought Downing to Detroit when he became the Lions head coach in 2009.
Downing has never worked with Raiders head coach Jack Del Rio, but he did get his first NFL job with the Vikings when incoming Raiders offensive line coach Mike Tice was the head coach in Minnesota.