Derek Carr named NFLPA Community MVP (6 Viewers)

[Semper]

Love seeing our players helping their communities.

 

[Big_L]

Maybe he can give us fans 5K in yards next special season.

 

[Saint KayBee]

Love seeing our players helping their communities.

Derek Carr could personally fill every pothole in New Orleans and one of the first 2-3 comments on the article about it would be “NOW FILL THE POTHOLES IN THE OFFENSE CARRBAGE”

Congrats to him, what a wonderful blessing to those nine families. Well deserved!

 

[St.Dan]

Carr's one of the good guys in life. Carrying on the tradition of Brees of giving back to the community and caring in general. I just wish from an X-and-O standpoint that things around him were in better shape.

An addendum here if anyone notices what I'm typing .... the NFL's PR machine is the reason why charitable donations from players get publicized. Even back when the NFL was more watchable than it is now, you still had players on each team featured in United Way commercials posing with special-needs children and such. IIRC, Archie Manning and Derland Moore did a few Saints-themed ads for it. And Tom Benson himself did, too. Anyone else over 45 remember the line they'd always say? "The United Way -- it brings out the best in all of us."

If players had their way most of the time, no one would ever know about donations. The ones who are genuine would do it and not tell a soul about it.

 

[Maik Jeaunz]

good for him, and for those families. the hate this dude gets is irrational.

 

[Boy_of_wonder75]

good for him, and for those families. the hate this dude gets is irrational.

Fans are terrible.

 

[rlemieux]

Look, not taking anything away from Carr but him giving 45k is like the average person giving 800 bucks. It helps, but it’s not Mother Theresa type work.

 

[ELLIASJWILLIAMS]

We're rather lucky to have him. Let's not forget we were a stupid Browns decision away from having Deshaun Watson.

 

[St. Widge]

Look, not taking anything away from Carr but him giving 45k is like the average person giving 800 bucks. It helps, but it’s not Mother Theresa type work.

And how many average people bother to give $800?

I'll never understand the idea that because a person is rich it's not a good thing when they help other people. And it doesn't have to be Mother Theresa type work to still be a good thing that deserves credit.

 

[rlemieux]

And how many average people bother to give $800?

I'll never understand the idea that because a person is rich it's not a good thing when they help other people. And it doesn't have to be Mother Theresa type work to still be a good thing that deserves credit.

I think more than you realize or want to admit. He gets recognized bc he’s famous and because he purposely gives and puts it out there. I don’t get on social media and toot my horn bc I gave someone 20 bucks. Giving is great, needing recognition for it is something In itself.

 

[Grumpy Old Manatee]

I think more than you realize or want to admit. He gets recognized bc he’s famous and because he purposely gives and puts it out there. I don’t get on social media and toot my horn bc I gave someone 20 bucks. Giving is great, needing recognition for it is something In itself.

Source that he asked to be acknowledged for it?

 

[SaintsMan209]

I didn't like how they made a show of it. according to Jesus we should "not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing"

 

[Saint KayBee]

I didn't like how they made a show of it. according to Jesus we should "not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing"

Every team showcases the good their players do in the community. It shows that the team isn’t just leeching off the city/community.

Community initiatives like to showcase when prominent people are involved in their work - it is a sort of beacon to the community that there is charitable work being done and inspires people to find their own way to get involved.

This is literally only a problem to some of this fanbase because the name Derek Carr is attached to it.

 

[Saint KayBee]

Look, not taking anything away from Carr but him giving 45k is like the average person giving 800 bucks. It helps, but it’s not Mother Theresa type work.

You’re taking a lot away from Carr. Next time just huff and say “I don’t like Derek Carr” where nobody else has to hear it and move on to the next thread.

 

[St. Widge]

I think more than you realize or want to admit. He gets recognized bc he’s famous and because he purposely gives and puts it out there. I don’t get on social media and toot my horn bc I gave someone 20 bucks. Giving is great, needing recognition for it is something In itself.

It's much less than you realize or want to admit. And Carr didn't ask for recognition. The NFL does this because it makes them look good to have players doing good things. Even if some people are unable to give someone credit for doing a nice thing.

And even if someone wants recognition for the good things they do, it doesn't change the fact that someone else is better off for them having done it. I doubt the families he spent $45K on begrudge him if he gets a little recognition. In fact, I would bet they think he deserves some recognition.