To be re-united with Chris Palmer. That's a lethal combination (to their own team). Signing with defending champs is as close to a championship as Carr will ever get. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3290086 Wednesday, March 12, 2008 Source: Giants to give former No. 1 pick Carr one-year deal By Pat Yasinskas ESPN.com Veteran quarterback David Carr agreed to a deal with the New York Giants on Wednesday. A source said that that the contract is for one year and $1 million with incentives that could increase the overall value of the deal. The presense of Giants assistant coach Chris Palmer, who worked with Carr in Houston, was a major reason the quarterback chose New York. "Chris knows me better than anybody," Carr told ESPN.com. "I'm looking forward to getting in there and working with him on what's right and wrong with my mechanics." Carr, 28, spent last season with Carolina and struggled after taking over for an injured Jake Delhomme. Carr was the No. 1 overall pick in 2002 by Houston and spent the first five years of his career there. He is expected to compete for the backup job behind Eli Manning. Carr's best season came in 2004 when he passed for 3,531 yards and 16 touchdowns. Although he had 14 interceptions, the Texans finished 7-9, the best season at that point in the franchise's first three seasons. But the Texans regressed to 2-14 the next season and 6-10 in 2006. The Texans then acquired former Falcons backup Matt Schaub and cut loose Carr for 2007. With Schaub and then Sage Rosenfels -- who took over due to injury -- at the helm, the Texans went 8-8. Carr, meanwhile, played in six games for the Panthers last season, throwing for 635 yards and three touchdowns with five interceptions. Carolina went 2-4 in those games, and veteran Vinny Testaverde received the bulk of the starts down the stretch. Pat Yasinskas covers the NFL for ESPN.com.
Well, it's pretty obvious what the Giants are doing. Their real QBs were always in danger of getting hurt in practice with all those pass rushers. They just acquired an EXPERIENCED practice sack dummy.
Even more incentive for the O-line to help keep Eli off his back "Protect your starting QB or you get the gloves"
