That Derek Carr Contract is Looking Pretty Brilliant Now (43 Viewers)

[jasonsw]

What an absolutely ridiculous thread, Carr isn't worth more than the league minimum. He may retire having NEVER won a playoff game! He's worse than his brother!

His brother flat out stunk. I had the misfortune of seeing many Texans games when I lived in Houston. He was so lame one time he said he wasn't going to cut his hair until he won 3 straight games. His hair got very long

 

[RaisingTheBar]

As soon as we signed him my feelings were the same as now. Carr is your ultimate avg starting QB. Sometimes he will perform at a #10-11 level QB, but it usually evens out to just an average joe. He’s not great, but he’s not as bad as most fans say. He isn’t having success here bc our roster overall just isn’t good. If he had the Saints defense from 2019 or even 2020 I feel we would be a lot better. The issue is you have have an average starting caliber QB when the rest of your roster is depreciating. And unfortunately for us, our best players, especially on defensive side, have declined quickly. Bottom line Carr isn’t as bad as most negative fans say and he isn’t as good as most positive fans say. He is what he is and EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THIS COMING IN. He was notorious for being not great in the red zone prior to NOLA. That didn’t magically get better with new coaches.

 

[B4YOU]

I put his value at 25-30M before we signed him. His 37.5M contract is reasonable value compared to his rank and other QBs contracts. It's less appealing because we tend to restructure and payout every penny. If he is on the roster for 2026 at 50M or we extend and kick that 50M, then it will be a bad contract. I think Baker Mayfield is a better QB on a better contract (4M in 2023 and 33m/yr now) and would have helped solve our cap issues more quickly.

Carr was terrible in the Carolina game. Bad pre-snap, post-snap, footwork, pocket awareness. The only thing he did good was get the ball out quickly. If he plays like that the remainder of the season, then his contract is terrible.

 

[DaveXA]

I put his value at 25-30M before we signed him. His 37.5M contract is reasonable value compared to his rank and other QBs contracts. It's less appealing because we tend to restructure and payout every penny. If he is on the roster for 2026 at 50M or we extend and kick that 50M, then it will be a bad contract. I think Baker Mayfield is a better QB on a better contract (4M in 2023 and 33m/yr now) and would have helped solve our cap issues more quickly.

Carr was terrible in the Carolina game. Bad pre-snap, post-snap, footwork, pocket awareness. The only thing he did good was get the ball out quickly. If he plays like that the remainder of the season, then his contract is terrible.

Not gonna make excuses, but, I wonder if him not being 100%, plus the general state of the team being a mess affected his play.

With the coaching change and his health being a bit better next game, would his play improve enough to justify keeping him on.

 

[Big_L]

11-12 vs 13 -8.