David Carr to 49ers

[casmith07]

Per ProFootballTalk.com.

Patrick Willis welcomes David Carr to San Francisco

Posted by Gregg Rosenthal on March 8, 2010 10:22 AM ET
A few days after 49ers linebacker expressed his displeasure about David Carr possibly arriving in San Francisco, the team's defensive captain struck a different tone on Twitter.

"I heard that Carr signed," Willis wrote. "He is my teammate now. Which means I'm all in for the guy. Its all about the team. Congrats and welcome aboard."

Willis wrote on Saturday that the team already has three quarterbacks better than Carr. The 49ers disagreed, agreeing to terms with Carr Sunday. He will be the team's backup ahead of Shaun Hill.

It's worth noting Willis has never faced Carr in a regular season game, but his words indicate the lack of respect Carr gets around the league. There's only one way for Carr to change that.

[Jon88]

I wonder where the lack of respect comes from, being a bust?

[joseephuss]

Originally Posted by Jon88

I wonder where the lack of respect comes from, being a bust?

No kidding. Few players dramatically improve their game after 8 years in the league(will turn 31 in July). The only way Carr can change how people view him is to prove a good teammate and adequate backup. I don't know that he can even do that. He has always come across as an arrogant jerk, which makes for a bad backup QB in my book. If he was a good backup, then I would think the Giants would have kept him around.

[casmith07]

Originally Posted by joseephuss

No kidding. Few players dramatically improve their game after 8 years in the league(will turn 31 in July). The only way Carr can change how people view him is to prove a good teammate and adequate backup. I don't know that he can even do that. He has always come across as an arrogant jerk, which makes for a bad backup QB in my book. If he was a good backup, then I would think the Giants would have kept him around.

The only thing I think of when someone mentions David Carr either on TV, radio, print media, or word of mouth, is the fact that he married some woman that was "so hot" right after the draft or right before his rookie year, and he wore his wedding band in-game and they were talking about what great connection it showed. My father, brother, and myself all thought it was ridiculous because he would risk losing his finger for simply wearing a wedding band during a full-blown game.

I don't think of anything that has to do with football, or quarterbacking. I think that says how I feel about David Carr.

[joseephuss]

Originally Posted by casmith07

The only thing I think of when someone mentions David Carr either on TV, radio, print media, or word of mouth, is the fact that he married some woman that was "so hot" right after the draft or right before his rookie year, and he wore his wedding band in-game and they were talking about what great connection it showed. My father, brother, and myself all thought it was ridiculous because he would risk losing his finger for simply wearing a wedding band during a full-blown game.

I don't think of anything that has to do with football, or quarterbacking. I think that says how I feel about David Carr.

I had the same exact thoughts when I first heard that story year ago. He was lucky he never broke that finger. Different era I suppose. I look at Roger Staubach's fingers and had he wore a ring he would have only 9 left.

[burmafrd]

what might have been if Carr had been on any other team but the Texans who waited four years to try and build an O Line. Carr was sacked more times then any QB in those four years then any other QB since they have tracked sacks which is since 1982. I watched a couple of those games and the guy many times never even got a chance to set up before he was hit- and the other team wasn't even blitzing!

[Dawgs0916]

I feel for David Carr. He took a nasty beating in his first few years in Houston. He never got a chance to get his confidence up. I always liked the guy.

[BraveHeartFan]

If they can block decently for him I think he's better than Hill or Smith who I personally think absolutely suck.

[joseephuss]

Originally Posted by Dawgs0916

I feel for David Carr. He took a nasty beating in his first few years in Houston. He never got a chance to get his confidence up. I always liked the guy.

Confidence is something that is more internal than external. Poor coaching and a bad offensive line can impact a QBs confidence, but the good ones have sufficient internal confidence to get through it. Aikman got the snot beat out of him his first two years in the league. He powered through it. Carr always has come across as cocky to me, which is different than being confident. When things don't go well around them cocky people tend to shrink where as confident people still seem to stand tall.

[jcollins28]

I heard that on his trip to San Francisco he was sacked 5 times...

[DFWJC]

Originally Posted by jcollins28

I heard that on his trip to San Francisco he was sacked 5 times...

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[burmafrd]

Originally Posted by joseephuss

Confidence is something that is more internal than external. Poor coaching and a bad offensive line can impact a QBs confidence, but the good ones have sufficient internal confidence to get through it. Aikman got the snot beat out of him his first two years in the league. He powered through it. Carr always has come across as cocky to me, which is different than being confident. When things don't go well around them cocky people tend to shrink where as confident people still seem to stand tall.

Carr had it worse for FOUR years and I do not think he missed a game. I doubt any QB could take that pounding and not break.

[Dawgs0916]

Originally Posted by burmafrd

Carr had it worse for FOUR years and I do not think he missed a game. I doubt any QB could take that pounding and not break.

I agree. The guy just never really got a chance to get any sort of momentum going.