I'm not saying he can't throw the ball. I'm saying that his decision making is suspect. Last season was his best season to date, with his avarage completion rate going up from 53% to 61%. But the stat that stands out to me is his TD/INT rate. 16 TDs, 14 INTs. That ain't pretty.
It's not great, but it's an improvement over last season. Carr has improved every year he's been in the league, and if he can get around 20 TD with 12 INTs it will be another step in the right direction.
If he can do 20 and 12 this season, I'll stop talking about this. We'll see. I'm doubtful, obviously.
TD/INT ratio isn't worth that much as a statistic. For instance, in the Dallas game on Saturday, Carr hit one of the tight ends in stride for a completion... only to have it hit the guy in the chest for one bobble, then in the hands, and then bounce to Dat Nguyen for an INT. Perfect pass, perfect read... but goes down in the books for Carr as a pick. TD/INT ratio is almost like looking at runs instead of earned runs in baseball... it doesn't paint the entire picture. The overall QB rating is a much better indicator, and Carr was at 83.5 last year. Quarterbacks usually don't even begin to peak until their fifth and sixth seasons and usually aren't even average until their third seasons, so the fact that he was in the top half of the league in rating given the state of his offensive line made it one very impressive season. He's ahead of my expectations (of where he'd be after three seasons) and there's nothing to suggest he won't continue to improve. There's nothing to worry about with Carr, at least not right now.
basketball is geared to indivdual success; football, not as much. and it's not just the players around carr, it's the coaching and scouting departments, too, which are much more important to a player/team's success in football than they are in basketball. case in point, okafor had a great individual season on an expansion team, but the team was still awful (save when playing the rockets). in basketball, if you have talent, it can be showcased. in football, it needs a combination of things to bring it out.
