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It is such a weird tone shift from media day with being noncommittal.
I don't think there's been any tone shift. Moore's tone about Carr has been consistent. On media day, Moore said very sincerely that he sees Carr as premiere QB. Moore said very sincerely that he was looking forward to working with Carr and excited about Carr.
I think Moore is intelligent too and I think that's why he didn't say definitively that Carr would be the starter, when asked on media day. I think he clearly wanted Carr as the starter, but knew that since he didn't have a chance to talk to Carr to hear Carr's thoughts on the matter, he couldn't definitively say Carr would be the starter.
The impression I got from the media day is that Moore wanted Carr as the starter, but it would have been putting the cart before the horse for him to declare Carr the starter before he had a chance to meet with Carr.
It didn't help that Loomis broke the news about sticking with Carr, either. Should of been Moore.
It doesn't matter to me who makes the announcement, but I understand it does to some.
I will not buy the Loomis conspiracy of Carr being forced onto Moore. The only thing that I'll entertain is that Loomis took some time convincing Moore to keep Carr for a year. So, regardless... This is Moore's decision to sort of spend a year with a QB that doesn't make sense long term.
I understand it's hard to imagine that Moore might have a different opinion of Carr that you do.
The last thing we want to do is actually build a contender around a 35 or 36 year old QB that will decline at a moment notice or fall apart from fatigue in the final hour on a playoff run. The window to succeed with Carr has passed.
I don't think that's accurate at all. You're assuming that Moore can't build a contender around Carr and find another QB to continue being a contender. You're assumption is that Moore can only do one or the other. I think he can do both and that's the approach I would take.
So, it's just weird. Being two years away from a younger QB vs. being 1 year away is certainly a decision.
Moore may have a different plan than this and/or he may not see the situation the same way you do. He has an inside perspective. We all have an outside perspective with very limited information.
It does seem like if Gayle didn't step in with DA firing. I would imagine that he probably would of gotten one more year.
Reports say that Loomis wanted to wait to fire Allen at the end of the year. I think it's unlikely that Allen was going to get another year, but only the Saints know.