I Think Sometimes We Focus on the Wrong Things (My Thoughts on Derek Carr Catching Backlash for Not Being in the City)

It’s kind of interesting and frustrating to me that it is so hard for some folks to fathom the idea that it’s possible for a QB to be good, above average but somehow end up stuck on bad teams all the time.

It’s like we all acknowledge that the Raiders are one of the most dysfunctional teams in pro sports, consistently hires bad head coaches and makes poor personnel decisions, had never had a good defense while he was there, acknowledge that Dennis Allen was one of the worst HCs of all-time while here and also was the HC to start Carr’s career, that our injury situation was incredibly, historically awful here, that Pete Carmichael had no idea what he was doing as his OC…but hey, that Derek Carr guy should overcome all of this and win some games already!

He’s had an anomaly career. Teams aren’t just starting him for the sake of it or based on merely reputation…the guy can play.

He’s just not the type of QB that you can stick on a bad team with just anyone at WR and expect him to elevate their games like Drew did at times. Heck, as Saints fans, we saw what happened even if you stick a DREW BREES on bad teams with bad defenses…he doesn’t win nearly as much. The fact that we had so many 7-9 seasons with Drew friggin’ Brees in his prime at QB, which is downright pathetic on the part of Sean Payton and a lowkey fireable offense that he was lucky to survive, tells you how easily things like this can happen.

This is what Carr was working with in Oakland/Vegas, but hey, it’s all his fault that they never won a playoff game amirite?

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No doubt about that. I think if he’s 100%, and our O line is healthy, add another bulldozing guard and we get our playmakers back from their injuries I think KM will find a way for us to easily generate points WITH Carr. Look at what Kubiack did in the first 2 games with a healthy offense and a full playbook.

Is Carr a HoF? Nah but we all know that and it’s sad but true like you said. If he wasn’t stuck in purgatory on teams with putrid defenses or other issues who knows what his stats might look like. I do believe if I’m not mistaken he was leading the league in just about every statistical category the last 6 games of 2023 and the first 2 games of 2024 before McCoy got hurt, soooooooo

I want us to be relevant in the post season again to but what’s crazy is as bad as the last 4 now 5 seasons have gone the Saints are still in the top 10 for most wins in the last decade.

https://eatdrinkandsleepfootball.com/nfl/most-wins-past-decade.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com