blockhead83
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There's a few interesting articles on NFL.com today discussing Carr. This one is examining the failures of Carr and Harrington. The writer, Seth Polansky, seems to think the problem with David Carr is the Houston Texans, and the problem with the Detroit Lions is Joey Harrington. In other words, Carr is a good player damned to a bad team, and Joey Harrington is a bad quarterback weighing down a potentially good team. I think there's some truth to that, but I'm not sure Carr would turn the Lions into instant contenders.
He also dogs our coaching staff for not opting to go deep more often and I tend to agree with him. The formula for beating our offense seems to rely on sending alot of pressure, breaking down our almost non-existent pressure and forcing Carr to either take a sack or make a poor decision. We seem to be letting the defense dictate our playcalling by opting to run short routes that we think we can get off before the blitz gets Carr. If they're sending these blitzes, aside of AJ our other receivers should be enjoying single coverage, why don't we test this coverage more often? I think Gaffney and Armstrong are two guys who can beat man coverage downfield, maybe not with speed, but with positioning and by outfighting the DB for the ball. I'm not sure if our coaches just don't believe in going for the big play on occasion, or if our receivers just can't get open. Hell, just throw it deep towards AJ, even if he IS in double coverage, we've all seen that work last season at KC. I think if Carr had his way he'd be looking deep alot more often.
Alot of members of this board believe Carr can't amount to much more than a game-managing quarterback. Someone to play a role ala Trent Dilfer for the SB winning Ravens a few years back. If Carr was plugged into a system like Indi, Oakland, Baltimore, or even the Lions, would he still be a game-managing quarterback, or do you think he'd be posting pro-bowl numbers? He definitely lacks the pocket presence of a pro-bowl passer, but maybe it's because he hasn't had enough practice when he actually has a pocket to step into. I think Carr definitely exacerbates our poor production by not being very good at evading the rush, but I also think good protection against the rush would be all the catalyst we'd need to have a potentially top 10 offense. Since we're probably not going to see much better protection until next year (or later), we may as well try and make the other team pay for blitzing by hurting them deep in the pass game. It makes it much easier for us to get blown out, but a L is a L and what we're doing now obviously isn't working. The Titans are weaker in the secondary right now, so this would be a great week to try some deep passes......
He also dogs our coaching staff for not opting to go deep more often and I tend to agree with him. The formula for beating our offense seems to rely on sending alot of pressure, breaking down our almost non-existent pressure and forcing Carr to either take a sack or make a poor decision. We seem to be letting the defense dictate our playcalling by opting to run short routes that we think we can get off before the blitz gets Carr. If they're sending these blitzes, aside of AJ our other receivers should be enjoying single coverage, why don't we test this coverage more often? I think Gaffney and Armstrong are two guys who can beat man coverage downfield, maybe not with speed, but with positioning and by outfighting the DB for the ball. I'm not sure if our coaches just don't believe in going for the big play on occasion, or if our receivers just can't get open. Hell, just throw it deep towards AJ, even if he IS in double coverage, we've all seen that work last season at KC. I think if Carr had his way he'd be looking deep alot more often.
Alot of members of this board believe Carr can't amount to much more than a game-managing quarterback. Someone to play a role ala Trent Dilfer for the SB winning Ravens a few years back. If Carr was plugged into a system like Indi, Oakland, Baltimore, or even the Lions, would he still be a game-managing quarterback, or do you think he'd be posting pro-bowl numbers? He definitely lacks the pocket presence of a pro-bowl passer, but maybe it's because he hasn't had enough practice when he actually has a pocket to step into. I think Carr definitely exacerbates our poor production by not being very good at evading the rush, but I also think good protection against the rush would be all the catalyst we'd need to have a potentially top 10 offense. Since we're probably not going to see much better protection until next year (or later), we may as well try and make the other team pay for blitzing by hurting them deep in the pass game. It makes it much easier for us to get blown out, but a L is a L and what we're doing now obviously isn't working. The Titans are weaker in the secondary right now, so this would be a great week to try some deep passes......