I dang near spit out my water..lol.
Honestly, that's all I've been saying from the jump. Due to unbalanced reporting, we've come to believe that Carr is this major upgrade but the reality is there was never anything tangible to quantify or qualify that opinion, especially when you realize that we lost a lot of games because we could not convert in the red zone. No matter how folks want to slice it:
And this is all I've said. I'm not on the "it take weapons" train, as our 2021 squad consisted of nothing but UDFAs, Trautman, and Kamara and the first 5-6 games of the season, our RZ conversion rate was freaking 93%. I think it has more to do with coaching and the QB itself, because things change when you have a short field to work with. Even with our RZ conversion rate tanking mid season in 2021, it was still better than last season.
I'm hopeful that it can get turned around but I wouldn't bet my life on it.