Should Rattler be our starter in 2025? (merged)

It's because they or their bosses are all a lot more concerned about gathering as many eyeballs as possible to make as much money as possible, than they are concerned about creating good journalism and doing thorough reporting.


I think some people can only see Carr as a "DA guy" and they want nothing to with anything that's DA, so they want nothing to do with Carr.

Look at Carr's percentage of sacks per pass attempts compared to his backups. Even if you throw out Carr's first two games, the gap between Carr and his backups is big. Yet some people insist one of his backups has a better feel for the rush and pocket awareness. Carr's backups were his backups, because Carr is objectively better than his backups.

The people who insist Carr has to go are being subjectively biased in their performance and I think it's mostly driven by the fact they can't see past Carr being "DA's guy." Carr is thought of more highly by coaches and team execs than he is by fans. I'm always going to give more credibility to evaluations from coaches and team execs over evaluations from fans.

I wanted Payton to keep Brooks. When Payton let Brooks go, I figured he knew better than I did and indeed he did.
I thought I saw some reports over the past couple of days saying we'll probably keep Carr. Most people respect Carr for who he is but acknowledge that he isn't elite. You can win with him if everything else is firing, but he's not going to carry a team.
I think Carr is Moore's best chance to win next year and avoid starting a rapid cap cleanup. Ratt is a prospect with some potential, which is what you're getting with a mid-round QB. If Moore wants to start cap cleaning now and set us up for a high draft pick next year, then go with Ratt.