If you really want to see the David Carr effect on the team look at the YPC for AJ before and after Carr and the YPC for Steve Smith before and after Carr. It's striking.
Please don't bother No Worries with stats. He's still clinging to the tired old perception that our offense is the laughingstock of the NFL like it was a few years ago. Nevermind that in 2006, the Texans were 24th in the league in yards per completion -- and in 2007 they moved up to 7th. Again, I wonder what the reason for that HUGE discrepancy was.............
If you didn't see a difference, we'll have to agree to disagree. To me there was a clear difference. You dont have to be Joe Montana to be better than David Carr.
I feel bad that when you youtube search "David Carr" the first video you get is of him talking about his faith in God. The next video is titled "Eat **** David Carr." The one after that is this... <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZNgIgnnXSdY"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZNgIgnnXSdY" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>
How about these Schaub stats: <tt>GS: 11 (finished only 8) INTs: 9 TDs: 9 FUMs: 7 Lost: 3</tt> We went from bad to not so bad. All of this too from a QB who knew the system coming in. And we are paying him serious jack to be something more than this. Also let us not forget that it was Schaub's overthrow on a short route to AJ that lead to AJ's injury last season. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
Oh really? In the preseason, it was all 5 step drops, until the other team blitzed and then it went straight into 3 step drops.
If he wants to play, I think teams will still give him a look. He may never be a starter again but he can be a decent backup.
he tried being a backup last year and failed. He's a good person about not whining and blaming, but he sucks as a QB
Precisely. No one said he was Montana or Elway. But he was markedly, decisively better. Especially when you put the stats alongside watching the two play. There is no comparison.
and you consider one has been starting for 5 years and the other had made less than 5 starts in his career coming in.
I was a big supporter of Carr throughout his time in Houston. After watching Schaub play and watching Carr play for the Panthers, there is no doubt in my mind that Carr is a terrible NFL QB. I do believe that his first couple seasons led to his eventual suckage. I think if he started in a better situation, he may have developed instead of the regression we witnessed. However it happened though, the Texans are much better off without David Carr. Go Texans.
I don't think he was a victim of circumstance. I think he just doesn't have a football IQ, he doesn't get it, and never tried too hard either
His mental game got messed up after getting hit so often. If you watch him during his first two seasons, he wouldnt go into panic mode when players started getting near him. However, you'd notice a definite state of panic towards the latter part of his career when a defensive player would come within 5 feet of him. That trait was definitely acquired.
