Second, June Cleaver never said, "Ward, you were a little rough on the Beaver."
Third, David Carr isn't completely at fault for his many shortcomings, most of which have already been mentioned.
When asked about Matt Schaub, Pro Bowl WR Andre Johnson had this to say:
"When you look at, the differences that I see is that with David [Carr] you had to wait on the ball a little bit more. With Matt, he's pretty decisive with what he's doing. He's going to get back in his drop and let the ball go.When you're in your route, you don't have to wait on the ball or anything like that. I think it just helps the offense as a whole a lot, not just me. It was something you had to get use to when he first got here, but we've gotten use to it."
Just based on that comment, you could label David Carr as a first round bust, an incompetent quarterback lacking both the physical skills as well as the talent to play the position....I'll let FizFashizzle finish my list.
American fiction writer Robert Bloch once said, "The man who can smile when things go wrong has thought of someone else he can blame it on."
Dom Capers. Texans head coach from 2002-2005. The first three years of Carr's NFL experience. The three years to groom a rookie quarterback into a starter and a leader in the League. It didn't help that David Carr had to start as a rookie; history shows that should be avoided at all costs. But we must delve to uncover the entire story of David's demise. And to help us out, we once again call upon Andre Johnson. "I think [the problem] was the way he was coached my first couple of years here. He was pretty much just told where to throw the ball. And a lot of people didn't know that. He was never really taught to go through reads and stuff like that" revealed Johnson. "Coach [Gary] Kubiak came in, and that was his big thing - teaching him how to go through reads. So it was like he was taught all over again."
Okay. David Carr still sucks - he threw 42 interceptions in his first 3 seasons. You don't even need a wonderlic score of 4 to know that you should go through your progressions. I mean, David Carr played college football. He wasn't shipped in from Gibraltar and handed a helmet and a playbook. Favre didn't read defenses. He thought Cover 3 meant a WR was triple covered. Favre didn't even know what a nickel defense was. But he did understand how the game worked. He knew how to exploit mismatches and had the arm to get it done. Carr seemed to lack both abilities. But when your first NFL head coach tells you to throw to X, Y, or Z on a certain play, more likely than not you're going to do it. All Carr needed was a little instruction. Some pointers from a veteran. You can't fault Carr for listening to his coaches. Maybe he just listened to closely.
Rationalizing his situation:
At the snap, Carr looks right to Andre Johnson, the WR Capers told him to throw the ball too. Johnson is running a ten yard curl. Johnson is in double coverage. Carr doesn't throw the ball because he sees that it's a risky pass. The game is faster...he hesitates for what seems like a split second, but he gets sacked - 68 times in 2005. A good offensive line would have helped, but that isn't the reason why Carr's performances were laughable.
Superbowl winning head coach Tom Coughlin has recently said, “David Carr is a talented player who came out as the No. 1 pick in the draft. He is a smart and athletic player who has put up some big passing game numbers. We look forward to working with him on the fundamentals of the game. We do have some technical things to work on, but we are anxious to work with him in our program. If we can place him in a positive environment, perhaps he can reclaim some of the things that people saw to draft him in the first round.”
To be honest, I think he's a headcase at this point. He doesn't even know what happened to him. Would I want him to backup my quarterback? Absolutely not. Does he deserve the millions of dollars he'll get over the next couple of years in the league? Probably not. But did Dom Capers completely ruin this kid's chances and destroy his psyche? Without a doubt.
Lose the gloves.
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