Richard Todd anyone? 1984?
I remember when we were talking about signing Carr, trading for Carr...what our team would look like with Carr and this defense...how all the naysayers said Carr can't win this or that....and we would counter that Carr had never had a top 20 defense ever. I would go to youtube and listen to the guy at the podium or at his church and thought "man, this dude could be the next great FA signing and all these haters will be proven wrong."
I still want to be right about that initial belief...but I have resigned myself to the idea that maybe I was the one with the rose colored glasses.
There still could be some hope for him.
Right now he is a head case (no literal pun intended). He has been getting beat down behind a poor line, really the same line that has gotten Winston injured twice and has gotten Carr 3 concussions this year so far. He is getting booed by us everytime he touches the ball. He is replacing a once a generation, hall of famer, all time greatest Saint to ever put the jersey on. He has lost Mike Thomas, Sheed (who he had chemistry with) and he really isn’t getting anything from his TE’s. He got into a public spat with his WR1. Things are not going good for him but…….. his worst issue is he has a moron calling plays as an OC.
In the dome when I am watching the game based on formation, players in and down and distance I can tell what’s going to happen. If me as a drunken fan in the stands knows, I am sure guys that get paid to play and have watched the film studying it know darn well what’s comming.
Carr isn’t a great QB he is a decent QB. Right now we are not helping him. Love him or hate him we are stuck with him thanks to the contract. To attempt to fix him we have to get the right coaching staff in here. Last season Russel Wilson looked like wet trash. Sean Payton gets there and by mid season he looked reborn. That happened because Sean can call plays and because Sean holds him accountable. None of this is happening here.
1.) We have to get new coaches in.
2.) Must address the debacle we have as a line.
3.) need to draft a QB if it falls out right this April If not then for sure next April.
4.) find a real TE
5.) get some young blood on defense
We are looking at a legit 2 year rebuild with no guarantee we ever get there.
Right now all we are doing is treading water at the bottom of the pool. We are running out of air.