No one needs a fast start Sunday more than Derek Carr.
The Saints’ embattled veteran quarterback hasn’t thrown a touchdown pass in nearly a month and has seen his approval rating plummet to LaToya Cantrell-like depths during the Saints’ recent skid.
In the span of three head-spinning months, he’s gone from beloved to belittled.
A local supermarket recently tweeted an image of Carr on social media under the post: “This is in the discount bin because nobody is buying it anymore.”
A caller to WWL radio’s popular Sports Talk program suggested the Saints drop off Carr at a disposal company down the street from their Airline Drive headquarters because “he’s trash.”
Few envisioned such a sordid situation when Carr signed a ballyhooed four-year, $150 million with the Saints in March.
But maybe we should have.
In many ways, Carr’s 11-game tenure in New Orleans has mirrored his nine-year stint in Oakland and Las Vegas.
NFL sources I spoke with who were familiar with Carr’s time in Oakland and Las Vegas spoke glowingly about his professionalism, character and arm talent.
At the same time, they echoed the sentiments of longtime NFL analyst Greg Cosell, who, on a recent episode of the Ross Tucker podcast, said of Carr, “I have a hard time figuring him out. … I just don’t know why he’s not a more consistent, higher-level quarterback because he has the traits to be that.”
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