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Earlier this year, Raiders wide receiver Michael Crabtree spent some time discussing what he liked about playing with quarterback Derek Carr and said he would pick Carr to play with over any other quarterback.

His praise didn’t stop there. Crabtree said that Carr a “gunslinger” and compared him to another player who was described that way throughout his Hall of Fame career. Brett Favre doesn’t see things exactly the same way, although he is a fan of what he’s seen from Carr.

“I don’t know if I consider him a gunslinger,” Favre said while in the Bay Area this week, via CSNBayArea.com. “I think he’s a little more polished. And I mean that with all due respect. I think he’s done a tremendous job in Oakland. I like the way he plays. I think he’s a little more polished. I like to watch him. A good player.”

Carr has a long way to go before we’ll know if comparisons to Favre or any other Hall of Famers are apt, but one way to move closer will be to make good on the offseason hype that’s accompanied the Raiders this offseason by leading them to the playoffs. Gunslinger or not, quarterbacks without a playoff resume don’t make it into too many conversations comparing them to the best of all time at the position.