Monday, December 18, 2006
Carr Not Going to Get It Done in Houston
Houston Texans' owner Bob McNair is probably hoping right now that he bought Carr insurance.
How about this for a line? 16/28 for 127 yds, 0 TD, 4 INT, 4 Sacks, 4. 4.s yds per pass attempt.
Carr definitely earned the game ball from the New England Patriots' 40-7 win over the Texans. Carr got an assist for giving the Patriots great field position on four drives.
Five years ago, Houstonians thought they were getting a quarterback that could take them to the Super Bowl. One year ago, coach Gary Kubiak said that Carr had the skills to win. Sunday, I can still see what the Texans saw. He has a strong arm and is fairly mobile.
But while Carr does have the physical skills, the number of intangibles he has equals about 0. The guy just isn't smart. Everyone blames his O-line for the sacks. Most of the time Carr is sacked, he actually has plenty of time to throw (at least this season). He holds on to the ball in the pocket too long, afraid to throw it away. Amazing that he can think that as many times as he has had an O-lineman help him up.
Carr is still the first and only quarterback I have ever seen throw the ball away after he had crossed the line of scrimmage. I've seen QBs throw to receivers, but I've never seen one throw the ball out of bounds after crossing the line of scrimmage. And Carr did that twice in the same game last week against the Titans.
In addition, he is just not a leader. The fight has already left the dog in Houston, and I think it did last season. I've never seen Carr disappointed about a bad play (amazing considering how many he has had). He does not inspire anyone else on his side of the ball to play with any kind of intensity. The offense sleepwalks. No leadership causes the offensive line to not block as hard and not create a push. No leadership causes receivers to drop passes that are normally catchable. No leadership causes everyone to give up. I know, I've played on a football team with a quarterback that nobody respected.
It's time for the Texans to unhitch the wagon from David Carr. Obviously the team needs improvement in 15 of the 22 positions on the field (maybe more), but the glaring weakness on this team is at quarterback. Fix that problem first.
How about this for a line? 16/28 for 127 yds, 0 TD, 4 INT, 4 Sacks, 4. 4.s yds per pass attempt.
Carr definitely earned the game ball from the New England Patriots' 40-7 win over the Texans. Carr got an assist for giving the Patriots great field position on four drives.
Five years ago, Houstonians thought they were getting a quarterback that could take them to the Super Bowl. One year ago, coach Gary Kubiak said that Carr had the skills to win. Sunday, I can still see what the Texans saw. He has a strong arm and is fairly mobile.
But while Carr does have the physical skills, the number of intangibles he has equals about 0. The guy just isn't smart. Everyone blames his O-line for the sacks. Most of the time Carr is sacked, he actually has plenty of time to throw (at least this season). He holds on to the ball in the pocket too long, afraid to throw it away. Amazing that he can think that as many times as he has had an O-lineman help him up.
Carr is still the first and only quarterback I have ever seen throw the ball away after he had crossed the line of scrimmage. I've seen QBs throw to receivers, but I've never seen one throw the ball out of bounds after crossing the line of scrimmage. And Carr did that twice in the same game last week against the Titans.
In addition, he is just not a leader. The fight has already left the dog in Houston, and I think it did last season. I've never seen Carr disappointed about a bad play (amazing considering how many he has had). He does not inspire anyone else on his side of the ball to play with any kind of intensity. The offense sleepwalks. No leadership causes the offensive line to not block as hard and not create a push. No leadership causes receivers to drop passes that are normally catchable. No leadership causes everyone to give up. I know, I've played on a football team with a quarterback that nobody respected.
It's time for the Texans to unhitch the wagon from David Carr. Obviously the team needs improvement in 15 of the 22 positions on the field (maybe more), but the glaring weakness on this team is at quarterback. Fix that problem first.
# posted by Bevo @ 10:05 AM 
