San Francisco Chronicle

Carr hasn’t been ruled out

- By John Shea John Shea is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer.

Raiders quarterbac­k Derek Carr participat­ed in Friday’s practice and was listed as questionab­le for Sunday.

“We have time before we tee it up,” head coach Jack Del Rio said in reference to all five Raiders listed as questionab­le. “They’ll remain a question mark until we make the final decision.”

Carr must be making quick progress from his transverse process fracture in his back.

Monday, Del Rio said the quarterbac­k would miss two to six weeks, meaning he’d be unavailabl­e Sunday. Thursday, tackle Donald Penn said Carr was “ahead of schedule.”

Friday, Carr was seen throwing passes toward the end of practice and wasn’t being ruled out for Sunday.

“I’m not going to really talk about injuries,” Del Rio said, “and what we may and may not do or who we may or may not play or when and all that kind of stuff, when we’re going to utilize people.”

Asked if Carr has been pushing to play Sunday, Del Rio said, “Yeah. That’s what all competitor­s — you would hope they would do.”

Carr was hurt in the third quarter of Sunday’s loss in Denver, which dropped the Raiders to 2-2. EJ Manuel is expected to start against the Ravens. Briefly: The other four players questionab­le are cornerback David Amerson (consussion), cornerback Gareon Conley (shin), right guard Gabe Jackson (foot) and running back DeAndre Washington (hamstring). Like Carr, all were limited in Friday’s practice. Amerson cleared the league’s concussion protocal, Del Rio said . ... Wide receiver Michael Crabtree will play Sunday after missing last week’s game with a chest injury.

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