Biggest Flaw for Carr?

Competent play calling, establishing a rhythm that he can get confidence from.

He is Captain Checkdown for a reason, so I guess start with him having the confidence to put the ball downfield into tighter windows.

But, a lot of his issues in NO could be attributed to Carmichael being atrocious as an OC. Even Jameis wasn't slinging it around under him, and he's a guy that doesn't mind gripping and ripping it. Hopefully Kubiak sees something and can make it work.

If he gets rattled in a game, he rarely recovers.

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Converting red zone opportunities into TDs

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This is an interesting point. Acknowledging that he struggled with this in Oak/LV, but heard an interview with lance Moore & Underhill (may have been a different reporter) and they were talking about how complex offenses were Pete's demise and how Pete would call long drawn-out plays, have multiple major personnel changes and how this had an adverse effect on red zone efficiencies. Kubiak's offense appears to be simpler which should allow us to see more efficient offense, as well has better red zone results.

They also talked about lack of motion, taking out players live Olave in 3rd & short situations, and a comment about 2 TE sets but I don't recall the context.

I think he has adequate talent if the staff can scheme appropriately to match what he can do.

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Doesn't process the defense fast enough so he holds to ball.

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After the number of brutal hits he took, his slower processing may be CTE. The NFL didn’t appear to discourage some of his egregious late hits.

I don't know if it was play calling, protection, or his reading a defense, but it seems we were almost always throwing to the wrong route for the situation. If it was third and 10, we were checking down. If it were third and 2, we were throwing a bomb. In the redzone, it seems we did nothing to scheme our best players open and settled for fades and low percentage throws.

I tend to put most of that on Carmichael.

Stop holding the ball too long and get the ball out quicker will fix a lot of sacks and problems with the OLine protection

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Converting red zone opportunities into TDs

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This. I felt like he held the ball too long last year and took a ton of sacks that really could have been prevented by throwing the ball away.

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If he could correct one thing, what would it be?

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Not really something he can correct but has below average arm talent. He throws a decent deep ball and he has decent accuracy when he gets his shoulders square and everything goes according to plan. Certain qbs just have a pure throwing motion and can flick the ball exactly where they want it. They can throw from different body positions, arm angles, and on the run. Some quarterbacks rely on athleticism or size. Some rely on football IQ. Some have better vision than others. Carr really struggles from being overly stiff and goofy. Can't put touch on short throws/screens and can't make the high difficulty/tight window throws. He doesn't have the best field vision either. This is why he struggles significantly in the redzone. This is not really something he can really change. Spencer Rattler had better arm talent at 18yo than Carr does now, its just something you have or you don't.

Carr does some things well. Carr is built, he's strong, tough, solid athleticism, avg decision making ability, great deep ball, loads of experience, he does well on PA and boot legs. But he just lacks talent, he always has and he always will.