Derek Carr won’t take a pay cut for 2025 but willing to restructure to help the cap

SweetT said

Ok, but were we winning against winning teams? It’s cool to say that we won with him, but did those wins come against good competition?
For me, it was his comment about “what he put on tape”. Personally, I look at the win column. It’s a given that a seasoned vet should lead his team to victories against inferior opponents, but did his “tape” show that he led us to a .500 record against winning teams? It did not.
So, that’s the part that has me conflicted.

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Well, by large inside the building coaches during the season pointed out his decision making had been on point all season. He was definitely playing at a high level in Kubiaks scheme. Up until his injury it was his best QB rating of his career and that was w/ all the missing pieces etc. It hurt more to not have him on the field than it did having him on it, that's for sure.

I think he'll be gone in a year and that's the best outcome for everyone involved. We thought we were getting a lesser version of Brees when we signed him. I remember the big selling point was he'd have so much control at the LOS, checking into plays etc. Turns out he was nothing like Drew in reading defenses pre/post snap, and he definitely wasn't great at running Payton's offense.

We miss evaluated him, and that happens to all teams at all positions.