Why was Carr Benched and should that deter other teams?

Green Bay is letting Rodgers go away, probably an internal issue with the new staff if I had to guess

Wasn’t Matthew Stafford the same , no playoff success, then change of scenery and wins Super Bowl??

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If he got injured, the contract was fully guaranteed

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This is the answer. I don't think Josh McDaniels knows what he's doing. He thinks he's a QB whisperer. He's going to draft an QB and then use their inexperience as an excuse to squeeze out another season or two as HC before he gets fired.

Contract guarantees if injured

Team was eliminated so losing was the preferred option

Whispers that he and McDaniels weren't getting along

Maybe it was just one of the above. Maybe it was all 3. IDK

I don't think it's because they thought Stidham was some big upgrade

It’s not necessarily a stats thing. I watched the end of a lot of Raiders games. Situationally Carr was really bad

His completion percentage also went down like 7% this season. So the drop in stats, simply supports the eye test

Matt Stafford had an amazing arm and he went to a team with Cooper Kupp, Aaron Donald, Jalen Ramsey and Von Miller. 1 don’t think we have 1 player that is half the caliber of any of those players.

Sean Mcveigh had also proven he could head coach in the NFL. Dennis Allen hasn’t.

Also, I’m sorry, Lions Stafford was at least 25% better than Raider’s Carr. I think they are in a different tier of talent. It’s a decent comp based on previous team success.

So in conclusion. Stafford > Carr, Mcveigh > Dennis Allen, Rams 2021 Supporting Cast > Saints 2023 Supporting Cast

And I haven’t even gotten into market size and the Rams being a nfl league office darling Vs The Saints being the league office’s red headed stepchild.

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This is the answer. I don't think Josh McDaniels knows what he's doing. He thinks he's a QB whisperer. He's going to draft an QB and then use their inexperience as an excuse to squeeze out another season or two as HC before he gets fired.

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Tebow
Cutler
Carr
Brady

Two of those 3 had success without him and failed with him.

One is a top 3 QB in any era.

definitely coaching problem IMHO

Carr basically just had a one year tryout that he failed. McDaniels is trying to implement the Patriots system. That system seems to value pre snap reads and ball accuracy most. Carr regressed some this year in terms of ball placement accuracy and decision making. Therefore Carr failed the tryout.

That doesn't necessarily mean Carr is terrible, but he may not worth a big money contract at this point. If I was a team it would give me pause. If I'm DA and know I have to win now then maybe I'm willing to give the guy I drafted into the league another chance. Carr has the ability but just didn't put it together from some reason this year.

It could also mean McDaniel is an idiot. Only one guy has been very successful in the Patriots offense and not to many guys like Tom Brady come along.

Knowing the Saints were rumored to be a Carr destination, I watched him in the flag-football pro bowl game, pretending he was a Saints' probowl alternate, and he summarily stunk up the joint.

Sure it's only flag football, but it was basically a common 7-on-7 practice, and he was throwing INTS & overthrowing Davante Adams (who he was supposed to have chemistry with) and other wide-open guys.

I've seen games where he has played well. But I've seen a lot of games where he just doesn't put the team on his shoulders and win it for them. He's definitely not a franchise guy.