TreWardTxn said:
We've all heard how Kubiak and crew are starting over with Carr, breaking him down, going over the basics like how to get the team in and out the huddle, cadence. Young could easily be ready to go by the team this offense is ready to step into its element. Kubiak knows how to utilize mobile, outside the pocket QBs; he calls frequent bootleg and playaction to cut the reads down to half the field.
I'm not going to get down on Carr, I want to see if he can succeed in this system, I want to see him throwing those laser beams downfield, but I don't want to look up 3-4 years from now and realize what could have been, kinda like how people are doing with Peppers, and seeing Williams as potential #1.
I've seen this quote several times and I would add that its not unreasonable given what the previous coaching staff taught and wanted Carr to do. I've often stated that a number of the things he was doing was predicated on what the previous coaching staff wanted.
One of the most glaring would be when Carr got to the line from the huddle. Remember, they wanted to kill as much time as possible to win at the end. Everything they did was based on killing the clock. Therefore Carr was to run every second off of the clock before calling a play. That ment breaking the huddle late. Carr really didn't have a long time to adjust the play and they didn't want him to adjust the play.
Kubiak on the other hand wants Carr to get out of the huddle quickly so that he can see how the defense is setting up and adjust accordingly. Can he do that? Well, the one game where they let him do that he did very well. I'm not going to argue with you about that being one game, because that is true. However, I think Kubiak, Sherman, and others have reviewed the films of all of the games and know what was going on. I'm certain Carr has been asked why he was doing certain things and the films probably vindicated a lot of what he told him. That would be a reason why they kept him, because they decided he was taught to do it the wrong way.
I think that in reviewing the films the coaches decided that the WR/TE core left a lot to be desired and weren't running their routes well at all. Do I absolutely know this? NO, but if you look at who they let loose and who they brought in, its pretty obvious how they felt about the receivers. Despite what you think, a receiver can make a QB look bad just as a QB can make a receiver look bad. When the QB is in trouble the receiver is suppose to break his route to come back and help the QB. That seldom happened with the Texans. Part of that was because the defense was on the QB very quickly, but at other times that wasn't the case.
Carr has taken a beating and kept on ticking. I think he has earned the right to be given a fair shot. I think he is a lot better than most of you think. I'm not saying Carr is perfect either, its just that I think he was in an extemely poor situation and can react to the speed of the game better than a new young QB. I think Carr has a lot more upside than you think now that he has some better players around him. DO NOT under estimate what we have done with the offensive part of our game. I'm extemely high on our receiver core and I'm beginning to think our O-line is going to be a very different line under the tuitoring of Sherman. That could be the biggest surprise of all.
As many of you know I have been extremely pessimistic in the past and particularly last year. This year I'm very much in the opposite camp. I believe this year we do have a shot at making the playoffs. From there who knows, but right now I see no reason why we won't be capable of playing anybody this year and beating them. Yes, that includes INDY. The changes made are not trivial, particularly in the coaching ranks. Yes, coaching is a big factor in the NFL. Far more than a lot of people want to think.
We went out and hired a new young coach who looks like he's going to be one of the elite. Time will tell, but I'm very encouraged by what I'm seeing. There is just something about him that smells of success. There are a few NFL coaches who are always winners, year in and year out. I think Kubiak is going to be one of those guys.
