By Madison Williams Derek Carr and newly signed receiver Davante Adams hope to lead the team to its second consecutive postseason. View the original article to see embedded media. In a year that was overcast by drama off the field, the Raiders still made the playoffs last season for only the fifth time since 2000, before losing their wild card game vs. the Bengals. Last October, coach Jon Gruden resigned after emails he wrote that expressed misogynistic, racist and anti-LGBTQ sentiments were released. Then, wide receiver Henry Ruggs III was released by the team following a deadly car crash he …