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Originally Posted by stormdriver
I'll begin this thread by stating the obvious: the Texans suck. Most of us know that, but i'll reiterate it anyway. Watching David Carr play though, you have to know he's not the reason for them sucking at all.
In a typical down, they teach QBs that they have 7 seconds to pass, handoff or run the ball. 7 seconds is of course the average. Brady and Roethlisberger seem to have close to 12, and Manning and Hasselbeck (meaning Matt and Peyton, not their respective little brothers in New York) have at least ten. So why 7? in a Houston game this year, you see the reason 7 is the average. On the other end of the spectrum, poor Carr has only about 3 seconds to make his plays. 3 seconds. Can anyone think that fast? It's amazing. In those three seconds, he gets sacked a lot. Who wouldn't? When he doesn't get sacked though, he makes pretty decent passes, runs short 1st downs as often as anyone, or gives to the decent RB, and then goes to run block for himself, knowing the offensive line sucks. Here's a guy that gets beat down every game he plays, it's amazing alone he hasn't got injured. Then he also puts himself directly in the way of further harm by running and blocking. To me, that makes him one of the ten best (and easily the most underrated) QBs in the NFL.
Imagine, now that he's used to three seconds, what he could do with 7. He could be a Superbowl caliber QB very easily if he were on a team worthy of his talents.
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First off, you're right, Carr ain't a bad QB. Anytime I hear the ownership think they can turn the whole franchise around by drafting a hot new rookie QB, I cringe. That tells me they don't know a damn thing about football. Carr is smart, and athletically talented. He's just in a poor offensive scheme, stuck behind a s****Y offensive line.
7 seconds, though is a luxuary that most QB's in the Pros don't have. An NFL QB should really be gettin rid of the ball around the 5 second mark. But, you're right again when you say that Carr gets about 3 seconds. The solution for that would be to go to a more WCO style of attack with hot routes, flat attacks and quick slants. By doin that, you force the linebackers into coverage. If your line still has trouble pass blockin (even though 5 on 4 should win the battle up front) you go to Tights. Add a TE or even 2. When all else fails, out man your opponent and throw the quick pass. But the Texans are run by idiots, so you get what you get. That damn stubborn refusal to adjust their offense in light of the fact THAT IT AIN'T WORKIN will probably get all their butts fired. By God, it should, anyway.