Drive my Carr
by Kevin
With the first selection in the 2002 draft the expansion Houston Texans selected arguably the best player in Fresno State history in quarterback David Carr. The selection seemed like a good choice, after all he had lead the Bulldogs out of relative obscurity an to an 11-3 record and BCS bowl consideration in 2001.
However after his first game, an impressive win against the Cowboys on national television, things were seldom easy for Carr.
Throughout much of his 5-year career Carr has been much maligned for his penchant for being sacked, throwing interceptions, and fumbles. To lay all the blame on him for these unfavorable stats is not only unfair but inaccurate. When he Texans drafted him in 2002 they failed to draft or put together anything resembling of an offensive line and supporting offensive talent. Even the all time great quarterbacks had a good talent to back them up. John Elway had Terrel Davis when he won his two Super Bowls, Joe Montana had John Taylor and Jerry Rice, and Troy Aikman had Emmitt Smith. Once again though, the Texan ownership had spat in the face of David Carr passing up the opportunity to get proven offensive weapon Reggie Bush for defensive endMario Williams. As the season has played out the pick has been revealed to be more and more ludicrous.
Even if Carr were capable of doing something with nothing, the permeable wall that they call an offensive line would not give him the opportunity to do so. Over the past four seasons Carr has been sacked 208 times. That is 137 more than Peyton Manning and an average of 52 sacks a season. With such little time to throw, and the prospect of being blindsided every time he drops back not even Tom Brady could win more than 5 games. What should the Texans do to combat this problem? The answer is simple, trade David Carr. That may seem to contradict what I'm trying to say but if they want do what's best for them they'll put him in a place where he has a chance to showcase what he can do. It is not fair to him to put up with the beatings, and the critisizm for underprodcution. So please, Texans ownership, trade David Carr and maybe he can show the world what he is capable of.
With the first selection in the 2002 draft the expansion Houston Texans selected arguably the best player in Fresno State history in quarterback David Carr. The selection seemed like a good choice, after all he had lead the Bulldogs out of relative obscurity an to an 11-3 record and BCS bowl consideration in 2001.
However after his first game, an impressive win against the Cowboys on national television, things were seldom easy for Carr.
Throughout much of his 5-year career Carr has been much maligned for his penchant for being sacked, throwing interceptions, and fumbles. To lay all the blame on him for these unfavorable stats is not only unfair but inaccurate. When he Texans drafted him in 2002 they failed to draft or put together anything resembling of an offensive line and supporting offensive talent. Even the all time great quarterbacks had a good talent to back them up. John Elway had Terrel Davis when he won his two Super Bowls, Joe Montana had John Taylor and Jerry Rice, and Troy Aikman had Emmitt Smith. Once again though, the Texan ownership had spat in the face of David Carr passing up the opportunity to get proven offensive weapon Reggie Bush for defensive endMario Williams. As the season has played out the pick has been revealed to be more and more ludicrous.
Even if Carr were capable of doing something with nothing, the permeable wall that they call an offensive line would not give him the opportunity to do so. Over the past four seasons Carr has been sacked 208 times. That is 137 more than Peyton Manning and an average of 52 sacks a season. With such little time to throw, and the prospect of being blindsided every time he drops back not even Tom Brady could win more than 5 games. What should the Texans do to combat this problem? The answer is simple, trade David Carr. That may seem to contradict what I'm trying to say but if they want do what's best for them they'll put him in a place where he has a chance to showcase what he can do. It is not fair to him to put up with the beatings, and the critisizm for underprodcution. So please, Texans ownership, trade David Carr and maybe he can show the world what he is capable of.
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