Rapoport: Derek Carr avoided serious injury but could miss time; Carr has AC joint sprain (Sports Med Dr Jesse Morse predicts 1 - 4 wks)

SonOfNOLA said

Nah, Jameis would have to be flawless in passer rating and converting most drives into TDs for him remaining the starter to be a thought. We aren’t sitting a 40M QB on the bench.

Carr hasn’t played poorly for his job to be questioned. He can work on getting the ball out quicker sometimes, but he’s been accurate and makes the throws. Just need more TDs and that’s a variety of factors with run game, blocking and playcalling. He moves the ball down the field at ease when he has average protection.

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I don’t disagree with the overall notion, but Carr has not played well enough where he would not be benched is Jameis really did somehow play great, assuming Carr is out 3-6 games and not 1-2. He has a mere 3 TD passes and 2 ints and is ranked 21st in QB ratings, nearing the bottom 1/3 of NFL QBs.

To be clear, I view this as an indictment of or terrible O-line and the play calling / game planning not adjusting to it. Therefore, sad to say, Jameis is not likely going to have any better success. It will likely look like vintage Jameis with perhaps a few more TDs, to go along with more ints. I like both guys. Heck I even liked Andy Dalton. There is a reason all three very serviceable to very good QBs have looked very pedestrian here….