Anyone else question why did Carr leap? (4 Viewers)

[SystemShock]

he got pushed by the db, he was trying to go behind austin

He was not pushed at all. Notice how Carr's trajectory doesn't change as he leaps. Why would he go that high if he wanted to leap behind Austin?

 

[SystemShock]

How? That isn't a very good angle. The above the field shots and full speed film show it much differently.

He was gonna get drilled by the guy on the right so over/through was his only option from his view.

It's not hate, but it was only a bad decision because he didn't make it far enough and hurt himself in the process. If he makes it, we wouldn't be having this discussion. And he came very close to making it.

Watch the video.

 

[DaveXA]

It was stupid. The morality mob will bully you to submission or cancel you if you're doxxed, but there's a reason every coach in the league tells their franchise QB to slide. It wasn't even 3td down. Much less 4th. And you are the QB getting paid $30M a year. It was moronic. I bet he would tell you the same thing and regrets the mistake. And no matter what you want to say, it was a mistake. A costly mistake.

And yet, they still didn't get a first down. So... .

 

[DaveXA]

Watch the video. Carr tried to leap over a very much standing up Austin, so much that he whacked Austin in the head. Carr didn't get push into Austin. The only reason why the defender touched Carr was because Carr collided with Austin.

I don't know why some are so indignant that others say it was a bad decision by Carr. It was a bad decision. The right decision would've been to dive behind Austin and stay in bounds, not try to leap over a guy he obviously cant leap over.

And being aggressive doesn't necessarily lead to good decisions.

If he dives, he's gonna be at least 2, if not 3 yards short. Hindsight is a lot different than in the heat of the moment.

 

[DaveXA]

Watch the video.

I watched the video. There ain't no place to dive there. If anything it's into the knees of one of the players. He's got nowhere to go there. I mean he could have stayed on the ground and tried to push through them. That's probably what I would have done, but I can see why he was trying. He wanted that first down in a bad way because that gives the team another set of downs and forces them to use their timeouts.

Hindsight, yeah, it was a bad decision, but when you're in the middle of it trying to make a play and win the game, you'll make decisions in a moment and sometimes it works, sometimes not.

 

[kcirdor]

Ok... so the rules are... the ball is down where ever the ball goes out of bounds... so the moment he leapt and went out of bounds the play was over regardless of if he landed past the 1st down marker... so it was dumb decision from top to bottom. Like moronic levels of stupid. The clock needed to run, he is the QB he should know this, stupid. Leaping put himself in severe danger, moronic. The ground is turf, so it is pretty much concrete with a thin carpet over it. The full momentum of running and falling from 6 feet in the air was going to just land on concrete... unless he planned to ride Kevin's back to save him from the fall....


All equivalent to a HOSPITAL BALL. A literal hospital leap.

 

[ShortFuzed9]

After a few views of that odd leap from Dereck Carr on the play where he hurt/broke? his hand and face planted into a semi concussion.......I began to see just how unnecessary and frankly, unaware that sequence of events was. IF, mighty big IF here; DC had put his shoulder down, followed the block of whoever was there and rammed ahead for yardage? He not only gets the first but acts like a real footballer and uses his momentum and a blocker for the yardage~!

If he "thought" he was going Full Taysom on that play? Well, that's a FAIL~! Taysom would have bulled his way and NOT gone airborne where few things good come of those plays~! Heck, We've seen Reggie go airborne but only when he was hurdling a would be tackler or leaping into the End Zone but even then on rare occasions.

I hope Carr reviews this play and bows up enough to KNOW he could have made a football move to use his pads and helmet to protect a solid hit to move forward~! That leaping stuff just isn't something someone as non-athletic as Carr should have tried and now? He's really screwed us going forward without him, YET? Who knows? Just maybe Heaner (sp?) or even Rattler can pull themselves together enough to become a Purdy or Williams of Stroud or Burrows or one of those great QBs who start right away and make the TEAM better??? Let's WIN OUT to make the whole scenario more interesting~!
Best to Derek Carr's recovery and I haven't even heard of DiNuccio or whoever........He just may be the answer , but I surely doubt that~!

He slam dunked himself on that play

 

[joefromla]

Good grief, never have 2 or 3 seconds of video been so over-analyzed since the JFK assassination. It was a move we see NFL runners make multiple times every Sunday. Carr made a nano-second decision and fans here seem to think that he should have had a whole weeks time to consider it, as they have. Is there really any rational reason to blame Carr for his injuries?

 

[solarbear88]

Probably a moment of emotion and situational non-awareness. Pretty common in a collision sport.

 

[SystemShock]

yeah, it was a bad decision,

That's all I am saying.

 

[SystemShock]

If he dives, he's gonna be at least 2, if not 3 yards short. Hindsight is a lot different than in the heat of the moment.

I guess that extra yard made it all worth it.

 

[DSnfla]

The outrage is real.

Had Carr dove behind Austin, he probably gets the 1st down.


But for whatever reason, he decided to leap over (more like go through) Austin, and whacked Austin in the head in the process.



It was a bad decision. Pointing out is was a bad decision is not hate. Calm down,

That shot is not indicative of the room DC had. He was 4 yds away from the 1st this shot shows there is no way he could cut behind Austin and got the 1st. But being it was 2nd down the smarter play would have been to go down in bounds to run more time off the clock and try and get the 1st on 3rd down.

 

[kcirdor]

psst.... that is 6 yards short...

 

[DSnfla]

Not so fast there; had Carr run between the defender and SAINTS blocker/guy in the wayer? Shoulder down and run through? We'll never know. What we DO KNOW? His effort did NOT prevail and now he's not only OUT but The SAINT's chances are left to Haener and/or Rattler or this new DiNuccio (sp) guy? There's aggressive play and there's "going insane" plays. Carr went insane........He's only successfully run the ball less than 5 Xs this entire season~! Anyway. It is what it is .........Glad so many of you "think" he did his best~! Geaux SAINTS~!

NO there was no room to run in between 24 and Austin, look at the shots i posted

 

[TurboWhoDat]

reckless play. 2nd down, we’ve got the lead and he already picked up positive yardage.