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DARAIDAHS
Great QBs can find the open receiver most of the time, average QBs cannot.
How do you find the open receiver? Go through your progressions quickly.
Wait, what if there is no time to do that? Then you need to make time with your feet.
Wait, what if I don't like to run. You don't have to run, but maybe you can do a side step here or there.
Wait, thats not easy to do. Exactly, great QBs have pocket presence while still being able to look down field and buying some time to let their receivers get open.
Bringing in Adams was not the answer for Carr. He doesn't need a #1 receiver, he needs a #1 O-line. He needs an O-line that can give him time to:
1. not worry about pressure
2. give him time to make sure his receiver is open enough so that he KNOWS he won't throw an interception
If you give Carr this, then Carr can beat anyone.
Wait, Carr is in a new system and it takes time to get used to it. That may be true, but it still doesn't answer why the ball was underthrown or behind receivers when the route was clearly indicated.
Maybe having too much weapons for Carr is not a good thing for him. Carr at this point cannot make use of them. Surely with Waller, Renfrow, Adams, and Hollins, someone must be open or single covered. I think Adams is seeing that Carr is not the Carr he used to know in college. This is a Carr that has been battered in 2016 and is just a shell of himself now. Sure he may have some shining moments from time to time which gives us all hope and gives the Carr crusaders more reason to blindly back him.
Wait look at his statistics, they are far and away better than any Raider before him. It should be, its a passing league now and his stats better be higher than the guys before him. That means Carr is a better QB than Stabler, Plunket and Gannon. I would beg to differ. You can't even hit the QB now without getting some kind of penalty, I don't think Carr would last one season during the 70s and 80s.
Wait, Carr has shown he's tough and he comes back from injury. That is true, you can't take that away from him and I commend him for that, he is tough physically, but mentally is where he falls a bit short. I'm not saying he isn't smart, because he is, but he just can't forget about the time he got hurt and that has affected his game. I mean who could blame him, anyone would be hesitant after the beating he took. But being an great NFL QB takes a different breed of person. You need a short memory and be able to stand in that pocket or elude D-lineman when needed. Andrew Luck knew he didn't have it in him already, he retired early. And that guy was one tough QB.
We all like Carr as a person, he's a great guy, great teammate, great family man, but he's just isn't the same QB he used to be. I was hoping we wouldn't have these conversations this season, but here we are. Last season Carr did great in my opinion. This season, not so much so far.
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