I think it will be.
In fact, I think if DC wasn't owed a substantial amount of guaranteed money this year, he might be off the roster before the Raids play their first game of this season.
There is little doubt that DC has the arm talent to be an upper echelon NFL QB. He can make all the throws. His accuracy on short and intermediate passes is very good.
Carr's problem is an inabilty to make things happen when a play goes 'off schedule'.
Carr does not handle pressure very well. Despite having good athleticism he doesn't use his legs frequently enough. His pocket presence is lacking. He does not slide in the pocket or step up when necessary. He feels pressure when it's not there and is too quick to check down instead of surveying the field.
Of course, not all of the above critiques are entirely DC's fault nor are they shortcomings that can't be fixed or at least partly ameliorated.
DC's protection was very poor last season. He seemed like a sitting duck far too often. Carr appears to have the ability to throw on the run and it seemed to me that the Raids did not employ enough roll outs to minimize the pressure Carr was continually faced with.
That being said, I still do not feel that DC, despite his arm talent, is the franchise QB that the Raids have been searching for.
I'm no spring chicken. Been a Raider fan for 50 years. Especially loved the GREAT Raider teams of the 70's and the brutal rivalry with the Steelers of that era.
To me, that was the pinnacle of NFL football. The game at it's best. Today's players might be superior - they're bigger, faster, and stronger - but the game in my opinion was better 'back in the day'.
But I digress.
It's 2019 and the Raid future will depend in large part on resolving the question of whether DC is truly a franchise QB.
Sadly, I don't believe he is. But I'll surely be rooting for him to prove me wrong.
Glad to finally being able to post here and looking forward to discussing the State of the Nation and the upcoming season.