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.. and then?
not to make a gazzillionth QB post (mods, merge if you want) - but Lopez actually wrote a good commentary that could almost sum up both sides of the arguement quite nicely on the boards recently...
J. Lopez 8/23/06
...Sure, the Texans have more than a financial interest in Carr becoming everything they've hoped he would. They're pulling for him. They're invested emotionally in him.
But if backup quarterback Sage Rosenfels could get this franchise where it wants to go more quickly and efficiently, neither Kubiak nor McNair would blink....
....Today, Carr is the starting quarterback because he has earned it. But Rosenfels' strong camp and solid preseason efforts have offered Kubiak confidence in the backup and kept the pressure on Carr....
..."(Rosenfels) has got starter ability," Kubiak said. "All the players gravitate toward him, and that's great. It's great for the team. It's great for David. It pushes David every day, and that's why we went and got him."
And the result, said Kubiak: "No buts. David's our starting quarterback. He has to hold up his end of the bargain. When there's a play he's got to make, he's got to make it."...
...If Carr weren't showing the improvement and confidence the Texans need, Kubiak would not hesitate to say so publicly, as he has done with 2005 No. 1 pick Travis Johnson and others. And any move Kubiak would make certainly would be supported by McNair, who announced before camp: "I don't care how much money you make or where you were drafted. If you don't fit in, you'll get cut."
This Sunday in Denver, Carr will get three quarters of work with the first-team offense. It will be the best glimpse yet of his and the unit's development....
J. Lopez 8/23/06