He is not a playmaker. He doesn't read off blitzes very well, he does not have good timing on his throws. He has a very strong arm, but tends to wait too long on reads. He has made some very good throws this season, but still doesn't make big plays especially in the 2nd half of games. He needs to keep throwing to AJ even though he dropped some passes. The biggest improvement I've seen this season is he is back looking to get AJ the ball. He tends to lose his tight ends and he is a better playmaker with his primary receiver. Keep going to AJ and he should have a decent season. I would trade him straight up for Vince Young in a second.
wow..this weather is crazy! i'm on the top floor of my building and it sounded like the roof was shaking. low steady rumble that concerned us. seems ok now, but rain is still coming down hard. msn - i think rhester said it best. he didn't meet expectations. with the #1 pick, you're looking for a playmaker. we didn't get one. yeah, i know, i know. there are 1,000,000,000,000,000 reasons/excuses why not. seems like there's a new reason/excuse every week. and frankly, part of that grates on me with him, too. rocket river is right..he reminds me a lot of steve francis. a lot of nice things said. seems like a good guy. but it's the same old, same old over and over again.
The way AJ was covered yesterday I dont think I would have thrown too many passes his way. AJ couldn't do anything yesterday with Henry covering him like a blanket. You've got to spread the ball around anyways. It keeps the defense guessing.
Why take it out? It happened, too. What about the stats this year, now that for the first time ever he has an offensive line that blocks at least a little bit? If you're going to pay credence to his stats with *no* protection, shouldn't you at least pay a little credence to his stats *with* protection? It's just plain disingenuous if you don't. Good stuff. Would you trade him straight up for Michael Vick, too? VY needs to prove he can *pass*, as you know that's what QB's *do*.
That is true. But is AJ a playmaker right now? Sounds like his hands aren't as good as they should be. Once he gets his number of drops down then he could be the playmaker you guys want.
But it's not! Holy crap, dude--precious few INT's all season until yesterday. Passing % way up. rhester hit on things that need to improve, but you've got to be wearing some pretty weird glasses not to see marked improvement already.
It take more than just the QB to make plays. Receivers have to get open, O-line has to block, running game has to be established, etc. He's taking less sacks this year than ever before. I don't see that. His accuracy has been as good as ever this year. Except for yesterday, obviously. In the past, yes. But I think he's improved on his reads a lot this year. That has to do with the lack of running game IMO. Teams are adjusting in the 2nd half, once they figure out that there is NO REASON WHATSOEVER to put more than 5 or 6 in the box and drop everyone else back in coverage. AJ is the leading receiver on the team. What make you think he's not throwing to AJ enough?
Yes, and any one of the following- McNabb, Breese, Manning, Manning, Grossman, Palmer, Hasselbeck, Rivers, Brady, Roethlisberger.
The INT's wasn't Carr's fault yesterday anyways. The first being a ball batted up in the air and Ellis came diving in to catch it. The 2nd was a pass thrown with Henry covering his WR great(which he did the whole game). Henry just had the inside step to get infront of the ball. If Henry wasn't playing the WR like he did yesterday(meaning having a really good game) he wouldn't have got that INT. On a side note on the 2nd INT. After Henry went to the ground the ball came out quickly after. I was wondering why there wasn't any talk of that not being an INT. I saw some movement from the ball as he was going down and AJ was able to rip it out after they hit the ground.
I am pretty sure he is talking about how bad our O-line sucks. Seriously they are pathetic. Most of our shortcomings are due to how bad they suck. They are not good and are not showing any signs of improvements. First we need a good line then we should get a solid RB because I would be scared if our franchise RB played while these scrub O-linemen tried to block for him. Linebackers would take shots all day long.
The more I think about it, the more baffling this Carr-hating really is. All last year, we're pitching fits about Carr's inability to read the blitz, how all the sacks are his fault, how he's "rattled" and can't throw from the pocket. How he only throws to RBs and doesn't read coverage. How he makes poor decisions. This year, he's taken precious few sacks compared to the last four years, his INT's are way down, his % and TD's are way up, his passer rating is up, he's spreading the passes out to his receivers. ...and somehow it's still all his fault. Yesterday: the Texans rushed for what seemed like a solid 100 freaking INCHES the entire game, Forrest Freaking Gump was in our secondary, and we're fumbling punt returns. The defense can't stop Julius Jones and the secondary--holy crap. It was embarrassing. Our O-Line couldn't open up a gap the width of a LAPTOP for Dayne, while our d-line had holes you could drive a Mack Truck through. Hell, a freaking tank. and what's our commentary? Trade DCarr. He's not a leader. He's not a playmaker. Holy crap. That's just stupid.
For all those people saying Carr hasn't improved at all. Have you been watching the games? He looks much more poised out there this season. Sacks down, passing percentage up, reads the D better. But there's only so much he can do when the Texans' have ZERO running. Teams are going to make adjustments in the 2nd half to stop the passing game, because that is the ONLY thing the Texans can do. Hell, our QB nearly had more rushing yards than our RB's yesterday IIRC. I like how Carr has looked this season, aside from yesterday's 2nd half. He and the team just don't stand a real chance until they create a real running game. I'm sorry, having a running back run like 10 times for 18 yards or so is NOT going to cut it. We flat out suck running the ball. No ifs or buts about it. Until we can run, Carr and the Texans don't stand a chance. Carr can only carry us so far this season. And AJ has to stop dropping passes, he's been good about that this season but his problems of his past showed up yesterday. (only 3 or so drops though....but still...) Blah. I'm done I guess.
I'm tired of hearing the "Carr was a #1 pick... he should play like it" argument. We all know that no one player in the NFL can perform above and beyond the quality of his team. We also have NO CLUE about how Carr would have developed had he gone to a team that wasn't starting from complete sractch, with mediocre players all-around. These aren't "excuses", they're facts. Name any other QB that was able to take a talentless, patch-work, inexperienced, built from expansion, no-talent bunch... and not only look good in his own development, but lead that team to victories. The ONLY QB in NFL history that seemingly rose above the talent of his team to lead them to success was John Elway... and even then, the talent/coaching/GM capabilities on John Elway's teams were far superior to the already fired GM/coach/released 1st-2nd-3rd round picks on this team. Now, all this being said... Carr was never going to be John Elway (nor will any other QB), he probably wasn't going to become Peyton Manning, but Carr may have been able to develop into a pro-bowler (or at least at a rate comparable to the past top QB picks... Eli, Phillip Rivers) had he been on an actual, functional, team. When you evaluate Carr... it shouldn't be "he was the #1 pick, he should act like it"... you have to include the caveat of "he was the #1 pick for an expansion team that has yet to get its **** together." NONE of the high round picks (except for Ryans) look all that good right now (or at least close to a Pro-bowl level)... not AJ, not Dunta, not Mario, not Babin, not Travis Johnson, not Jopporu, not Gaffney, not Chester Pitts, not Tony Hollings, not Vernand Morency. We know that some of these guys were projected to be good... they couldn't have screwed up on all of them... thus, when you have this many "misses" thus far, it can't be considered some big coincidence. You HAVE to look at what team they play on, and how this team was built.
Good post. I would take Carr on the Cowboys in a heartbeat, especially over the brick we have starting right now.
what's baffling to me is how you think that i/we think it's ALL his fault. you guys are all right. i love david carr. he's the greatest. i'm looking forward to 4.5 years more of inspired football with david carr. yippee.
You got me--I'm guilty of hyperbole. So, you're admitting you might be wrong about Carr? Or employing hyperbole like I did? You know, the funniest thing about your post is this part: I know you don't think it was all his fault, but it's pretty ironic that when we refer to the past four years (sarcastically) as "inspired" we only mention DCarr. No mention of Dumb Capers or Pendry or that Chris dude or Casserly. No mention of swiss cheese O-line or Babin or Peek or those jokers who kept dropping passes that Kubiak cut almost as soon as he got here. No mention of Jonathan "East-to-West" Wells. No mention of any of that--just DCarr.
The fact that this thread went up seconds after the game... combined with the beating he's taken the last year and a half from everybody (starting in year 4, where people actually believed the "O-line isn't the problem" line being touted by Casserly and Capers). Carr has seemingly been annointed as the "face" of why this team isn't going anywhere. Sure, they have more problems then people can count on their fingers and toes... but his mistakes are scrutinized more than anybodies. I understand if you want a martyr... then Carr, being the face of the franchise, has to take the axe. But, to come on here and say "I've had it with this guy... he's not playing like a #1 pick should play," without looking at any of the other FACTS (don't make excuses, look at the facts) is like saying, "The Bulls would have beaten the Rockets all those years... simply because of Michael Jordan." (a baseless claim that can never be proven).
