FILM REVIEW: Derek Carr vs Vikings
 

This is a solid breakdown of Carr's performance (pre-injury) last Sun.

My key takeaways: 10 weeks into the season, he's still missing OPEN WRs & holding on to the ball entirely too long. The "check down" seems to be what he excels at & pocket presence & awareness are poor.

He's becoming a statue back there. Again, no pocket awareness. As you'll see, AT Perry and Shaheed (13:40) both had TDs that were missed. Makes you wonder what they are seeing & discussing in the film study.

Derek Carr ain't it folks. Let's not forget he was demoted in LV for a reason.

15-minute breakdown but a good assessment :bng:

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Question: Has he always been like this? Or is he just getting worse? I just don’t understand. He had some good years for the Raiders. How has he regressed so bad?

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No sir. DCarr was a decent QB before landing in NO. But watching him pre snap, I see a lot of confusion & the inability to read a defense. Notice he's still yelling at WRs? Is he capable, sure but right now his lack of pocket presence is going to get him injured ... again.

I'll say this J, having Pete C as his OC & a below average O line isn't helping either. So far, Carr has yet to prove that he was an upgrade over Andy Dalton.

Recurring theme - coaching.

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Derek Carr has put up fairly decent stats during his career, but he has never been a player who elevates his team, and we are seeing that first hand watching him in a Saints uniform. His red zone woes and general decision making we are witnessing this year has been a problem throughout his entire career. I totally get blaming the coaching staff, but in reality players need to perform.

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My guess is that with a poor O-line he doesn't get that extra second or two to read the defense. He probably had the time in Oakland.

We got spoiled with Brees's cat-quick reads.

Car needs that Vulcan mind probe thingy with Brees' brain.

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ARCH on the horizon... 3 years.... can the Saints obtain the unobtainable? :beatnik:

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See, we don’t need inconsistent, decent, okay, not terrible, mediocre people at the helm, including backups, and definitely including the people who COACH these people, unless we want to keep going through this sh*t, week after week, season after season.

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He’s playing like the Raiders QB we shutout 24-0 last season.

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I was glad that we signed DC but that may have been premature. He looks like a deer in the headlights on almost every play. I get that his Oline is porous but does that mean he has only a check down option?

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About a 18 minute discussion but worth the listen.
Good to hear Underhill not sugarcoat underperforming play & bad coaching.

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I think there could be a psychological element with Carr. A young guy gets to the NFL and realizes he can hang. His confidence goes through the roof. He puts up good stats. He gets a lot of respect. Each year everyone expects could be the year he takes the next step, wins the big games, becomes truly elite when it matters. With his confidence he believes it too. Some years he gets on hot streaks but never quite does it. He confidence begins to wane. He is cut. But his agent and friends and family and some in the media tell him he still has it, and he wants to believe that, but then there needs to be a reason why it never worked before. So that reason becomes the uniform, the city, the most recent coach and system (even though he never quite got there with the previous coaches either). So he believes that, he believes this change of scenery is the final step, and finally he will be Brady or Montana not Rivers or Esiason. Then the season start and he starts taking snaps in the new city in the new uniform with the new coach and system. And nothing is different. Its still hard. He is still not elite. And suddenly all the confidence is gone. Its never going to happen. Everything he worked for over a decade, the ultimate dream, its just not realistic anymore, he is what he is, he is Esiason or Rivers not Montana or Brady. Except he was Esiason or Rivers when he had confidence, and now that confidence is slipping. And without the confidence he isn't even Esiason or Rivers, he is George or Cutler. I don't think this story is unique to Carr. Ultimately when a QB has been good but never quite great and he takes the leap to make a change of scenery its a hail mary. Sometimes that Hail Mary is a big TD, sometimes its an INT. We may have seen the same thing with Winston. Derek Carr may be the next Drew Bledsoe not the next Drew Brees. Plenty of QB's try to start over and end up a lot worse: culpepper, mcnabb, Ryan, etc. Carr could be the next one.

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I'm not sure that even Drew could win games with this crappy play calling by Pete Carmichael. :roll: