I will preface this post by saying that I'm no football ''expert''. I never even played organized football. I surely don't have much of a ''scout's eye''. But, I play alot of Madden and watch tons of football since the Texans were born. I'm learning. I can't break down Carr's play and tell you what he's doing right or wrong. I can tell when Carr does something really good or really bad.
Now, it is my opinion that Carr's faults are the result of bad coaching, and that he can still be a succesfull, productive, Pro Bowl caliber QB given the right coaching. I have been to every Texans' practice that was open to the fans except for one. What I have seen is a totally different QB in Carr (a totally different offense too). What I have seen is night and day compared to last year. Completion to Johnson on the quick slant. Then to Moulds on a curl, then to Joppru on a drag route, hitting the backs out of the backfield, TE's down the seam, Johnson on the deep routes. It's unreal, Carr looks 10 times better than I have ever seen him. The one knock I always did have on Carr, was how he locked on to one reciever. I believe that was because he had no other option, because now I watch for that in the practices. I have noticed him stare down a guy a time or two, but for the most part Carr is making reads and progessions better than I have ever seen.
Now, in your post you say, ''Many of you are so optimistic, yet cannot state reasons for being so.'' Well let me give you my reason. Like I said, I'm no expert but, Carr has endorsements from Kubiak, McNair, Reeves, many NFL coaching candidates, even Casserly and Capers. When Kubiak was hired he watched every play in Carr's 4 year career, and decided he's the man for the job. Those guys are the experts. Those guys know more about NFL football than any of us typing on a message board probably ever will. If that many experts have faith and belief in Carr, then that's good enough for me. All JMHO.