Derek Carr - Why People Dislike Him (IMO)

[rlemieux]

I’ll say this again, people don’t like him because he seems fake. Almost like an actor playing in NFL quarterback. Then comments like we know what wrong but we’re not telling you and then going out the next week and having the same issues over and over and over again. He also seems like a little bit of a crybaby. Tom Brady was a crybaby, there’s nothing wrong with that, but Derrick Carr doesn’t have seven Super Bowl rings

 

[GeneHansen]

I remember Drew being upset with receivers for running the wrong routes.

Is this not what we've seen Carr do?
He got mad at AT Perry for stopping on a route. He got mad at Olave for not taking the top off the defense.

He didn't get angry with Moreau for dropping that pass in the corner of the endzone, or Shaheed for not coming u with that pass on the goalline vs ATL.

I don't particularly like Carr. He seems too rehearsed to me.
But, and maybe I've missed it, I don't see him jumping on other players for physical mistakes. It seems to be more for mental/lack of effort mistakes.

 

[SaintsMan209]

The underlying problem with Carr is not that he is arrogant, condesending, self-centered and a jerk, it's that he doesn't see these things about himself and refuses to take ownership. He literally told a reporter "I'm not going to be negative with you brother." Pretending to take the high road while talking down with the 'brother' comment. Still can't believe this guy surived in Oakland as long as he did. Clearly lives in a bubble.

 

[SWJJ]

The underlying problem with Carr is not that he is arrogant, condesending, self-centered and a jerk, it's that he doesn't see these things about himself and refuses to take ownership. He literally told a reporter "I'm not going to be negative with you brother." Pretending to take the high road while talking down with the 'brother' comment. Still can't believe this guy surived in Oakland as long as he did. Clearly lives in a bubble.

why is "brother" talking down?

I say brother a lot.

So did Hulk Hogan.

Was he talking down to the Hulkamaniacs this whole time?

 

[Deuuuuce]

why is "brother" talking down?

I say brother a lot.

So did Hulk Hogan.

Was he talking down to the Hulkamaniacs this whole time?

He should have told everyone to remember to take their vitamins before he left the conference.

 

[GilFinnerty]

As is everyone (hopefully) else, I’m very displeased with Derek Carr. I got to thinking last night after our game and I’d had a bit to settle down…why do I dislike this person so much?

I grew up playing high school football and we always sucked, I’m used to not winning every game.

When he blames his teammates in public the way he does, I cannot BELIEVE this staff doesn’t discipline him for this. This is why we are losing. None of his teammates, thank God, are toddlers like he is. So they are going to praise him. Heck even Jameis will only publicly say good things.

Derek Carr sucking on the field is one thing, he’s clearly lost and is a terrible QB. But the fact that he’s disrespectful to his teammates, and the leadership (coaches and FO) think it’s ok to gaslight fans into believing we are good and he’s doing great is perplexing.

I remember Drew being upset with receivers for running the wrong routes. Not one time do I ever remember him, with a camera on him, throwing his hands up and blaming the receiver. Never! What I did see was Drew walk over to the sidelines and grab his tablet and the receiver and sort things out. Hell he’d even take blame for others’ mistakes. As a professional, this is the biggest way to win over your team.

I know we can compare DC to Drew, they’re in a totally different universe. On the field, I’m ok with that. Off the field is where DC aggravated the ever living hell out of me. Grow up already. And the staff acting like it’s ok is ridiculous. He should be benched for a game the next time he blows up at someone like that. I don’t care who plays QB, get this clown away from my team.

We were so spoiled with, probably the best leader to ever play professional sports. Drew even impacted the way I lead in my own professional life. My family, my team, etc. Leaders take fault for losing and leaders give credit to everyone else for winning. Yes we want to win, but it’s like double losing when you have such a terrible person at QB, which is a leadership position.

Drew would get all up in ya business, He had the respect where you shut up and listen and do your best to get on the same page. Also he had Payton enforcing it as well. Carr is not Drew on thing to be fair to remember. Carr needs to play better, i do think he is trying to over compensate cause of lack of accountability with being the one that has to do it, i dont think he likes being the one to have to do it and team is not responding well to him. But its rubbing the wrong way when his bad play has a lot to do with the struggles.

 

[RebSaint]

If Derek Carr had half the ability of a Mahomes, Rogers, or Brady the other diva crap would slide down the pipe better.

This dude is a terrible teammate and an average QB to boot. GTFOH.

 

[Saint Spud]

People dislike him because he hasn't played well. They may say it's about his "attitude" or whatever, but none of them would care about him getting upset with players if he were playing like Mahomes or Brady or Rodgers, or any number of QBs who often got on their own players during games.

This is definitely a huge part of it. But he’s also turned off a lot of people with his actions, lack of accountability and apparent sense of entitlement. We’ve had worse QBs who didn’t elicit this type of reaction.

Something just comes off as aloof. Like he feels like he should be above criticism and questioning from media, etc.

 

[silverbullet]

Why people hate him:

- He's fake. I guarantee he's phony as hell. Acts one way but will throw you under the bus with the swiftness.
- Arrogant - He thinks he's WAYYYY better than he is. You can get away with some of his sheet if you can back it up. He cannot.
- Eyeliner - This one is probably unfair, but it's a reason...
- Terrible leadership runs in the family. Nobody really liked David either. The Carrs are like the Instagram/TikTok moms who know everything and put on this fake arse front for their followers but are a total trainwreck in real life...

 

[rlemieux]

Why people hate him:

- He's fake. I guarantee he's phony as hell. Acts one way but will throw you under the bus with the swiftness.
- Eyeliner - This one is probably unfair, but it's a reason...
- Terrible leadership runs in the family. Nobody really liked David either. The Carrs are like the Instagram/TikTok moms who know everything and put on this fake arse front for their followers but are a total trainwreck in real life...

Is it eyeliner? I was giving him
The benefit of the doubt that he just had strange eyes?

 

[silverbullet]

Is it eyeliner? I was giving him
The benefit of the doubt that he just had strange eyes?

I have no idea, but you know for sure once he rubs teammates the wrong way, they're thinking, I'm not taking sheet from some clown who wears mascara (allegedly) .

 

[solarbear88]

If we weren't all aware of the salary cap and how much his salary is affecting the rest of the team, he'd probably just be disappointing. Because he is costing so much of our resources and producing so little, it is enraging to see him prance around or listen to his phoney word salad.

I honestly don't give a stuff if he yells at the Oline or a lazy receiver. Someone has to.

 

[No2DC]

It's nothing personal; he's just a symbol of multiple bad decisions, beginning with the hiring of Dennis Allen. Plus, he's playing below his previous mid-tier abilities.

 

[saintsdash]

For me, it really comes down to his smug attitude and not accepting responsibility for the offensive performance. Sure, he's bad at quarterback right now but so is Jameis and I don't hate Jameis. The offensive line and receiving corps could be better for him for sure, however, he is the QB of the team and by far the highest paid player on the roster. He is dismissive to the media when given the opportunity to take responsibility for the performance of the offense and never singles himself out on how he could be better. When you add in the fact that he's more than willing to show up his teammates on the field who have done their best to not do the same to him all season long when he's been deserving, it adds up to a very dislikeable player. We're not expecting him to be Drew Brees but when more people look at your backup QB as a leader, that is an issue.

I want to like him - he has proven his toughness and I think his arm talent is there. I'm still hopeful that things can turn around with him at the helm but after the McCoy situation and the overall performance yesterday, I'm afraid we're at the point of no return.