ALAMEDA — Derek Carr is coming off two of his worst games statistically as a pro, which isn’t perhaps the best time to bring up the comparisons to Green Bay Packers star Aaron Rodgers.

But it’s a comparison that’s been made in the past and one that both sides of Sunday’s matchup acknowledged as fair.

“Neither one of them are monsters,” Raiders coach Jack Del Rio said of Carr, listed at 6-foot-3, 215 pounds and Rodgers, who is 6-2, 225. “But they’re both athletic. They both have real quick releases. I think obviously Aaron is a little more accomplished in what he’s doing. But we love Derek, we’re glad we have our guy. I know they’re glad to have their guy.”

Packers receiver James Jones, who is back in Green Bay after spending last season with the Raiders, might’ve been the first to make the comparison when he referred to Carr as “baby A-Rod.”

“I can see why he says that,” Packers coach Mike McCarthy said. “He plays with great confidence and he can make any throw to any quadrant of the field. I think that’s definitely what you see in Derek. He has moxie, just the way he runs around. He’s also very smart with the football. He doesn’t take sacks. I could see why James would make that statement.”

Cleveland Browns cornerback Tramon Williams, a former Packer and teammate of Rodgers’, also made the comparison after Carr guided the Raiders to a win over his team in September.

Carr humbly concedes he’s not ready to receive that type of praise yet.

“Obviously, Aaron is so accomplished — MVPs, Super Bowls, all those kinds of things,” Carr said of Rodgers. “I haven’t done anything near that so I don’t compare myself to him at all. He’s one of, if not the best quarterback in our game.”

The numbers, this year at least, do favorably stack up. Carr has thrown for more yards (3,313 to 3,175), has a higher completion percentage (62.2 to 61.2), has thrown the same amount of touchdown passes (28) and has a similar passer rating (Rodgers has the edge at 97.5 to 96.5). Carr has also taken 12 fewer sacks.

Rodgers’ biggest advantage comes in interceptions, with five to Carr’s nine, and he has his team sitting in first place in the NFC North with the Packers marching along to likely a seventh straight playoff appearance, which they’d clinch with a win Sunday.

Carr’s last outing — when he overcame an awful first half to rally the Raiders to a 15-12 win over the Broncos — saw him complete a career-worst 41.4 percent (12 of 29) of his passes and his 135 yards were the least of his career, save for this season’s opener when he left in the second quarter with a thumb injury. That followed up his outing two weeks ago against Kansas City when Carr threw a season-high three interceptions.

But Carr remains on pace to become just the third Raiders’ quarterback to throw for 4,000 yards and is six touchdown passes shy of matching Daryle Lamonica’s 46-year-old record of 34 touchdown passes.

Safety Charles Woodson, who spent seven season in Green Bay with Rodgers and the last two in Oakland with Carr, sees some similarities.

“I think just mechanic-wise, they’re pretty similar,” Woodson said. “Same build, they both can move around the pockets, so they’re mobile quarterbacks.”

Rodgers has seen a little bit of Carr’s play this year while studying film of common opponents and is impressed with the second-year quarterback.

“I think he’s had a great year,” Rodgers said. “He has a good group around him, but he really looks like he’s coming into his own and playing really well. The franchise has to be really happy about the long-term future.”