Rechristening Carr after his rushing feats

ARLINGTON, Texas — Derek Carr wants to make it clear his backup isn’t the only mobile quarterback on the Raiders’ roster.

The veteran turned on the jets to pick up 22 yards on a scramble down the right sideline and converted a key third down in the third quarter of Thursday’s 36-33 overtime victory over the Cowboys.

While Marcus Mariota is known as the more mobile of the Raiders’ two quarterbacks — and even entered the game on Thursday to score a rushing touchdown — Carr wants Mariota to know he’s right there with him.

“After I ran it, I looked over at Marcus, and I gave him one of these,” Carr said, making the hang-loose hand signal. “I always call myself Carr-iota, and he gets a kick out of that one.

“Any time I scramble in practice or in a game, I come up to him and I go, ‘Carr-iota, bro.’ And he’ll laugh at me, probably just to appease me, but it felt good to be able to pick that up in the running game.”

The only other rushing attempt credited to Carr on Thursday went for a loss of 1 yard. Still, his 21 yards was a season high on the ground.

Carr’s previous best was 18 yards on three carries against Kansas City.

“I’d say, over the last couple years, I’ve run for a few first downs here and there,” Carr said.

Target practice

The Raiders’ wide receivers had a huge game Thursday after they were held in check against the Bengals.

In addition to Desean Jackson’s breakout performance, Hunter Renfrow had eight catches for 134 yards, and Zay Jones added five catches for 59 yards.

Bryan Edwards hauled in his only target for 12 yards a week after the entire group combined for eight targets.

“I’m so proud of them,” Carr said. “I rudely joked last week that I just decided to throw it to (tight end Darren) Waller just because I didn’t want to answer questions, if I’m being honest. I just wanted to watch the film and move on.

“But for all of those guys to step up, one they have two outstanding coaches in there, but the way they keep their head down and just keep working extra with me is why they have days like today.”

Injury report

Waller left the game with what was reported as a back injury in the first half only to return and injure his knee.

Interim coach Rich Bisaccia said he hadn’t been briefed on the status of Waller or several other players who left the game with injuries.

Defensive end Carl Nassib exited in the first half with a knee injury and did not return. Linebacker Patrick Onwuasor left with a hamstring injury, and cornerback Brandon Facyson was ruled out with a concussion.

Bisaccia typically addresses injuries more fully in his news conferences the day after a game, but the Raiders are off until Monday.

In the win column

Thursday’s win was the first for the Raiders on Thanksgiving since the AFL-NFL merger.

The franchise had been 0-3 on Thanksgiving since 1970 and were one of five organizations to play on the holiday without a victory.

Dallas defeated the Raiders 31-24 in 2013 and 24-7 in 2009. Detroit handed the Raiders a 28-14 loss in 1970, though the Raiders had wins over Buffalo (1968) and Kansas City (1967).

Perryman in early lead

The league released the first batch of leaders in voting for the Pro Bowl, which opened last week.

Middle linebacker Denzel Perryman is the only Raiders player leading at any position.

The game will be played at Allegiant Stadium on Feb. 6.