David Carr might have had his worst start ever in the NFL today in a 40-7 loss to the New England Patriots. And considering he has had almost nothing but bad starts in his 5th year as the starter for the Houston Texans — that’s saying a lot.
Carr, the first ever pick for the new Texans franchise in 2002, looked like he mailed in his performance on Sunday, going 16 of 28 for 127 yards. And 4 interceptions to 0 (zero) touchdowns.
John McClain at the Houston Chronicle:
Like some of you, I’m wondering if Sage Rosenfels could have played any worse, and he’s got a cast on his hand.
I could have played at least as well as Carr this season. And I would have been willing to do it for only half of Carr’s $8 million salary.
McClain adds:
I asked Kubiak after the game – as I have to do almost every game now – if he considered pulling Carr and inserting Bradlee Van Pelt. Kubiak said no, that he was sticking with Carr and wanted the quarterback to play his way through the predicament. I don’t know what good could come of Carr playing so bad and then being subjected to so much criticism. I just don’t see how it’s making him a better player. Do you?
Play through the predicament? He’s been trying to “play through the predicament” for almost 5 years. At some point (which should have been last off-season before signing Carr to a 3-year contract extension, and before passing on the once-in-a-generation talent of local kid Vince Young ), you have to just know that Carr is incapable of “playing though the predicament”.
There is no way that Carr can remain on the Texans roster next year. No way.
There are only two games left in the season…both of them home games. One on Christmas Eve (vs the Colts), and one on New Year’s Eve (vs the Browns). I have season tickets to both remaining games. I hope I never have to watch David Carr take another snap at QB for our team.
After the season is over, my renewal statement/invoice for my 2007 season tickets will be in the mail in February. I don’t want to have to buy my tickets now, only to find out later that Kubiak plans on trying to let Carr “play through the predicament” through the ’07 season, too.
Kubiak needs to let fans know — BEFORE we get next season’s renewal notice — that they plan on ending the Carr experiment. He can do that by benching Carr for the final two games.
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And i have to agree with you here, speaking as another season ticketholder. What is the QBplan — is it Carr, or is it something new.
And I’ll be hones — I don’t care if David Car is next year’s starter, proided he has earned that job in competition with another viable starter. Heck, I’d even be willing to see Rosenfels start (and suspect he would be the starter now, if not for the injury) if it boded well for the future of the Texans.
But not “more of the same” because “we think David Carr still has potential”.
Okay, so Carr migth not be worth eight million a year. And I don’t know anything aout the Houston franchise. But I do know football fans, and in general, they like to lay everything on the quarterback, in part, and onthe defensive squad. Nobody seems to get that an equally important aspect of a team is the quality of it’s offensive line. If Carr is being interepted four times in one game, and that is a typicalperformance, sure much of that is on him, but is he getting the protection in the pocket he needs? How many times has he been sacked, by the way?Football isn’t a one man game, you know. It’s been my experience in watching this sport now for going on eighteen years, that if yuou have a team that consistently has a miserable record, changing two or three key players might help, but that isn’t even half the battle. More often than not, teams like this need a complete overhaul, from the ground upto the top, including management.