I used to be a Carr Hater.
They make the guy throw quick outs over and over and over. Someone was bound to jump the route at some point, and they could do it because they had the point margin to try it.
He is better than he looks this season. The whole team is in shambles. Other than special teams, which only gets to score when we just gotscored on ourselves, is the only unit playing worth their salaries. The coaching is just abismal and deficient in ever manner and I now feel in my heart that Carr is a victim of that. His attitude was horrible at the start of the season, and it has gotten better. I think talking to Dilfer really turned him around. You can see that he is just shaking off the bad stuff and now he's thinking about next year. And in the meantime Carr knows he doesn't have to throw Capers under the bus because he's already marked for extinction.
The guy can play. Remember the juke and score he made against the Saints last year on a QB keeper? Phenomenal athleticism. And the dive over the pile against Jacksonville last year to win the game? Gutsy and determined. And his passes when thrown in the pocket are lasers and usually on target.
No, I say re-structure his contract and keep him here. Leinart is good, but he's not a savior (bum knee, weak schedule, low mobility). Reggie Bush is more worthy of our pick than Leinart ever will be. Could you imagine AJ, Mathis, Bush? My goodness. Anyway, the point is that NFL QBs out of college have recently been lower quality than usual with Palmer and Roethlisberger the exception. Therefore, dance with the guy who brung ya' (Carr) and get more talent on the team. I'd rather get a stud o linemen on our line and see what Carr can do with that and with a beter coaching staff.
But really al of it comes down to whether we have a hobby owner or a business owner. A hobby owner will spend the dough to get the goods, and a business owner will nickel and dime us to death just barely getting by with mid-level talent and tinkering every off-season. I fear we have a business owner, and if he tinkers with this team instead of giving us the goods, then I will be sorely disappointed. Yeah, thanks for bringing NFL football back to Houston so we can look like a flag football team (and "Yes" that comment was mostly for Phyllis Buchanon).