The Raiders should go up-tempo behind Derek Carr. Here are some stats to back that up

If the Raiders hope to turn the season around, then coach Josh McDaniels should consider going up-tempo on offense.

Last week’s game-tying drive against the Broncos is a blueprint.

The Raiders went up-tempo starting at their own 22-yard line needing a field goal to force overtime.

Las Vegas went no-huddle twice and Derek Carr passed for 64 yards as the Raiders zipped to the Broncos’ 7-yard line before settling on Daniel Carlson’s 25-yard field goal. Carr was in shotgun on six plays.

The Raiders (3-7) won 22-16 on Carr’s 35-yard touchdown pass to Davante Adams.

Las Vegas will try to make it back-to-back wins at 1:05 p.m. PST Sunday against the Seahawks.

Carr said he relishes going up-tempo.

“It’s something I’ve always loved,” Carr said. “Maybe it’s because that’s how I played in college, just playing as fast as possible. There are certain tempos in college that I don’t think you need in the NFL, but playing fast has always been fun for me, and I enjoy it, and there’s a time and a place for it. I’m not so wise to know when that is; coaches study those things and (McDaniels) would know better than I do. He’s looking at the whole team aspect of it.”

At Fresno State, Carr was used to playing fast. The Bulldogs averaged 85.4 plays a game against FBS opponents in 2013, even with easing off the gas when leading by 20 or more going into the final quarter four times. Carr threw 50 touchdowns in 2013 — 24 to Adams as both set school records.

Carr said he’s ready whenever McDaniels makes the call.

“He knows that I love doing that. I just always think about the mental part — if you can think fast and process fast, then you can have an advantage. But also, when you huddle and do things in different ways, you can get in different shifts and different kinds of things that you can’t really do up-tempo. It depends on what you want to do.”