Carr and completed air yards—a few plays from the Bears game

Deuuuuce said
It’s hilarious how people judge a qb by birds eye view photos. He missed some opportunities, yes, but none of us have any idea what its like to have 300 lb guys running full speed to sack you, while you have to read the defense , make the right decision, and throw it accurately and safely away from defenders to avoid turnovers. What may look open to you may be a difficult throw that Carr doesn’t feel comfortable making. Maybe he’s intentionally avoiding one side of the field because the DBs are good at baiting and picking the ball off. This monday morning (or in this case friday afternoon) quarterbacking is hilarious to me.

First of all, thanks for being the only member to follow me. I know you’re always itching for an opportunity to disagree with me.

Second, I blamed pressure on the majority of the problems. That said, if the pressure gets picked up, but he’s afraid to read the primary concept as you suggest, then what a waste of $150m. Even Daniel and Brees pointed out how Carr needed to look for that pylon route when everyone got picked up.

Third, as much as everyone wants PC to be a moron, he is smart enough to not call plays that Carr isn’t comfortable with. Every team in the league is going to give the QB some input on what goes in the game plan and what stays out, and if Carr says “I don’t like dagger”, PC isn’t going to call it. I don’t think Carr has any problem taking those throws, but he looked much less comfortable this week compared to last. The difference? He was under pressure on over 30% of dropbacks compared to 15% the prior week.

As I’ve said many times, as the protections improve and Carr’s comfort with the offense improves, he should start hitting some of these throws (not 100% obviously). The scheme works if we can block and execute, even though a fair amount of the board believes we can’t get guys open.