Derek Carr was a top 10 QB in 2023

Broad St. Saint said
I agree with those who say we are having this convo because of the last 4 games.

However, I would not discount those last four games. First, they were all late-season games against teams that were still alive for the playoffs - two of which actually did make the playoffs. Second, as has been pointed out, he was in a new system, so you might expect him to be worse at the start - if he now understands the system, the last four games are potentially a truer test of where is at. Finally, the Saints fired OC Pete Carmichael; we'll probably never know for sure, but is it possible that Pete's role was minimized late in the season, especially if the Saints knew, and Pete could surmise, that he was a goner at season's end? IF that's true - admittedly a hypothesis - that bodes really well for Carr.

How would you not discount those last 4 games? Those games were not against teams still alive for the playoffs bc 2 of those opponents were in our 💩 division that none of the 4 NFC South teams were good enough to put a stranglehold on the division. Our entire division was average at best, yet we (with our alleged top 10 QB) failed to win the division. That’s just common sense. No one out side of some of you Black and Gold sunshine pumpers has DC4 as a top 10 QB. I challenge anyone to go find end of the year rankings and show me 1 that has DC4 in their top 10. It won’t happen bc he wasn’t. You can’t cut it down to a 4/5/6 game sample size bc that’s not how it works. I will say it again……I am a HUGE DC4 fan, he is a true warrior, he finally got it to click at the end of the season, he showed us something that we can feel good about going forward, and if we get a viable OC then the sky is the limit, but in no way shape or form, was he a top 10 QB for the entire 2023 season. We didn’t have the greatest of season, many things went wrong, we didn’t play up to our potential, we didn’t seize the moment many times, there are many things that we did late that we can build upon, and that’s fine, but you have to be willing to accept reality. DC4 would even admit that he didn’t play 2023 as a top 10 QB. Plus the fact that we are having this discussion is proof that he wasn’t. Any top bonafide 10 QB does not need verification that they were. So, once again, I challenge anyone to show me a ranking that had/has DC4 in the top 10.