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It’s bad enough that Oakland Raiders fans are having to somehow deal with the fact that their beloved team will be shortly moving to Las Vegas. But now they are having to deal with their franchise quarterback Derek Carr going into making awful music and videos to accompany his songs. Or at least that what he led many people to believe on Tuesday.
Posting a teaser clip to his social media channels, Carr is seen announcing that he has a new single and music video coming out soon. And, well, it looked pretty awful.
“Sneak peek music video. Can’t wait for you to see the full thing: derekcarrmusic.com,” Carr captioned the post.
Oh yeah, that link? It really does go to “Derek Carr Music.”
Derek Carr Music
Then there was this, from the “Derek Carr Music Twitter” account…
Relax people, @derekcarrmusic is here. pic.twitter.com/Jq9u3we364
— Craig Kohlruss (@CraigKohlruss) August 15, 2017
So considering how many other pro athletes have fancied themselves as also being musicians it wasn’t completely out of the realm of possibility that Carr was being serious.
Thankfully, he was not, as it all turned out to be one hell of a great prank by the $125 million QB.
😂😂 everyone calm down it's ALL a joke! I don't really dress like that and make music videos on the side 😂😂
— Derek Carr (@derekcarrqb) August 15, 2017
Even Eric Weddle was not 100% sure…
No chance this is actually happening.
— Eric Weddle (@weddlesbeard) August 15, 2017
Haha it's not it's all a joke https://t.co/S011dixWLD
— Derek Carr (@derekcarrqb) August 15, 2017
Nor was Prince Amukamara…
Stop!!!! lol is this real?
— Prince Amukamara (@PrinceAmukamara) August 15, 2017
Lol not real I promise 😂😂 https://t.co/0S9I5wGpGK
— Derek Carr (@derekcarrqb) August 15, 2017
His brother, former NFL QB David Carr, summed it up best…
(That escalated quickly) https://t.co/QVYx58KTik
— David Carr (@DCarr8) August 16, 2017
Lol you aren't lying https://t.co/zlmKZyQoeU
— Derek Carr (@derekcarrqb) August 16, 2017
Here’s just a little taste of why he said that…
— Armando Hernandez (@TheAkronChino) August 15, 2017
https://twitter.com/KevBot__24/status/897539052458491904
DC bout to win MVP and a Grammy in the same year. That's my QB! 😂
— Barrios (@jdb_chillin) August 15, 2017
https://twitter.com/qtab/status/897542123645435905
https://twitter.com/3lone/status/897550745263681536
— zbz (@zachariah92) August 15, 2017
— Mac Robinson (@MacRobinson95) August 15, 2017
Say it ain't so man I hope he still throws 30 touchdowns
— IT'S ME (@mane31) August 15, 2017
https://twitter.com/Kamprather1/status/897560084959592448
https://twitter.com/BradHornsby22/status/897542095023558656
https://twitter.com/AllEyezOnND/status/897534132258971648
https://twitter.com/2ndclarence/status/897559000023040000
https://twitter.com/AllEyezOnND/status/897560158510792704
Well played, Derek Carr, very well played.