carr is not all the sudden turning into a good or ave qb. which a lot of people are trying to hint at. hes been a good qb who wasnt giving a chance to succeed. thats what some people on this board have been trying to make everyone understand.
carr has looked good for short periods of time when given the opportunity. but no qb could ever thrive being put in his situation. here were his primary recievers last year. bruener (cant catch). bradford (3 catches this year) gaffney (cant find a job). he had one guy to throw to and no time to find that guy. no one would look good in that situation.
now that he has been giving somewhat of a chance he is starting to look better. and will continue to look better. and as you guys tell us how carr is starting to improve we will just sit and smile because we knew all along.
Well...... IMHO, I don't believe Carr has taken advantage of the opportunities given him. If he were sacked 8 times in a game, I'd expect him to have a bad game, if he only had 10 attempts.
Peyton Manning is successful, because the risk/reward of sacking him is too high. He'll beat a blitz more times than not, and if his recievers are covered, he'll throw it away...... only giving up the down.
McNabb....... he may be worse. he's elusive in the backfield, but he makes time for his recievers to get open. If he leaves the pocket, he can pick up the first down.... if the defense swarm to him, he'll throw the ball to a wide open reciever.........
Carr...... chances are you'll get a sack....... the offense will move backwards, and if you're really lucky, you'll get a fumble & a recovery.
Carr's been playing better so far, in three games this year. I would say he's almost back to his 2004 form...... but he's got a long way to go.
David should have won us the Philly game........ If he'd have kept his feet inbounds, picked up that first....... got us into the endzone. Our D would've been soooo pumped, we'd have got the stop, or the turnover. At that point, there would have been nothing they would not have done to get Carr the ball.
Against Indy...... first play of the game....... all he's got to do, is hold onto the ball....... just hold the ball, give us a chance to punt the ball away. Then on first & 10 from the 7, blitz coming off the left, you have AJ on the left manned up on the corner...... duh..... AJ will be open on the slant.... beat the blitz, don't take the sack. That's a 14 point swing right there. We lost, by 19. It would have been a totally different game.
Against Washington.... When Walter has a step on the corner...... heading to the endzone, throw the ball over his head, let him go get it.
Everybody played poorly Weeks 1-3....... AJ dropped some balls....... Lundy can't pass block.... Weigart is a double agent.... Dunta gets burned..... CC flattens out a reciever for no reason..... there isn't a player who didn't make a mistake.
As the QB, David is in a unique position to change the game on every snap. He comes up short...... way to often.
We can watch Palmer throw three INTs, or fumble three times or whatever.... I didn't watch the game, but I bet he made some key plays at key times, to win that game......(did the Bengals win??). Eli Manning can get sacked 9 times in a game.... 7 in regulation.... but he'll make that one play, that will change the outcome of the game...... Byron Leftwich is not nearly as talented as David Carr. & you can believe the Jags are more talented than we are if you want..... but Byron's just lucky........ things just happen to work out for him all the time.....
Remember in the preseason, when we played Denver?? JakePlummer drops back, slips.... he hits the ground, but pops right back up, and throws a twenty some odd yard strike.
Am I being unfair to expect David to do the things I've asked?? Am I holding David to a higher standard than the rest of the team??
Yeah. He's the QB. I don't care if he was the #1 overall, If he's going to be successfull, if he's going to lead this team, then those are the kind of things he's got to do. Brady, Cullpepper, Rothlisberger, Brees.... these are the things these QBs do.....
If you want a Dilfer....... that's fine, if you want a BradJohnson, that's cool, that's fine. Just say you don't want Carr to be anything special..... just say you don't need a "special" QB to win the Superbowl...... I won't argue that.
But I want QB, a field general, I want a winner, a fighter, and a playmaker.
That thing we called an O wasn't much until oppossing D's knew we only had 3 plays, off-tackle L or R, slant L or R, and dump-off L or R. This years O has shown the variety of plays, that we can actually cause mis-matches and exploit them and score points. Once again can the D hold up, that's the million-dollar question.
but i have to say Carr has looked better that he has in the past and im glad for that. i just hope he can be more consistent he has had two awsome 1st drive's to start a game but always seems to find a way to go back to his bad habits but he might get better with time.
