I used to think that former Texans QB David Carr is a nice fellow who just doesn’t have the gumption to be a top-flight NFL QB. But now I’m wondering if he is simply a nice fellow who isn’t very bright.
This earlier post chronicled the increasingly testy exchanges between Carr and his former teammates after the Texan’s unceremonious canning of Carr last summer. Carr followed those brickbats up with the following recent observations reported in John McClain’s Sunday NFL Notebook:
David Carr is starting his first game for Carolina today. After coming off the bench to help Carolina defeat Atlanta last week, Carr replaces quarterback Jake Delhomme, who has a strained right elbow and missed practice last week, against visiting Tampa Bay.
“Honestly, I do feel better on this team,” Carr said comparing the Panthers to the Texans. “I’m more relaxed. I’m not being pressed to do things I don’t need to be doing.
“I feel like I can go out with my mechanics and all that and just throwing the football in general, I feel like that just comes naturally, and I don’t have to think about it. That’s freeing as far as playing quarterback. Now, it’s just completing balls and throwing to the right guy.”
Carr’s stat line for yesterday’s game against Tampa Bay: 10-41 for 137 net yards passing, 1 TD and 1 interception.
Just comes naturally, I guess.
You aren’t giving Carr nearly enough “credit” here. I was watching the game log progress of the Bucs-Panthers game, and before the Panthers went on their final scoring drive (to avoid the shutout), Carr had 59 yards passing. Just all kinds of brutal.
But it’s OK, because it’s all the Texans’ fault right? That’s what David told ESPN/SI/every local news outlet from Northern Virginia to Atlanta. Or maybe he is what we thought he was!