DMN: Carr hasn't played nearly as poorly as his critics have charged in recent years

[Irving Cowboy]

Carr hasn't played nearly as poorly as his critics have charged in recent years
By David Moore

Brandon Carr
Position: Starting cornerback
Size: 6 feet, 210 pounds
Age when season starts: 30
College: Grand Valley State
Drafted: Fifth round, 140th overall in 2008
Experience: Ninth season
Contract status: Enters the final season of a 5-year, $50 million deal. Agreed to reduce his base salary from $9.1 to $4.25 million for this season.

Last season
Carr led all cornerbacks in tackles with 71. He finished third on the team with eight passes defensed and was one of only two players on the entire defense to recover a fumble.
He's durable. Carr has started 16 games a season for his first eight years in the league.
But for the second consecutive season Carr failed to record an interception. He was solid -- an improvement over a disappointing performance in 2014 -- but still fell short of the expectations that came with his big free agent contract. He enters this season without an interception in his last 38 games, a drought that includes two playoff games.

This season's outlook
Carr will start. He always does. He hasn't played nearly as poorly as critics have charged in recent years. Agreeing to take a pay cut for this season should soften -- or at least put those persistent complaints -- in a more accurate perspective.
That doesn't mean the status quo is enough. Carr came up with six interceptions and forced a fumble in his first two seasons with Dallas. He has zeros in both of those categories the last two seasons. He's on the field too much not to come up with an occasional turnover.
That must change this season.

 

[cmd34]

Yeah! People are unreasonable. You pay a guy $27,415,000 the last 4 years you should be thrilled with a guy who averaged 63.5 tackles, 9 passes defended, and 1.5 interceptions per year! THRILLED!

Next you're going to tell me that people should expect more after spending your 1st round pick, 2nd round pick, and $16,264,502 on a guy who averages 31.25 tackles, 5.5 passes defended, and 0.75 interceptions per year.

That's right ladies and gentlemen, over $43M, a 1st, and 2nd round pick on frickin Carr and Claiborne. Well-ran organization.

 

[dbair1967]

But he plays in all the games, and stuff

 

[dbair1967]

Mr Carr in action. He isn't as bad as we think.

 

[TheZoneSucks]

There is no lipstick anywhere in the world that will make Brandon "zero picks in over 2 seasons and counting" Carr look better. None. One of the worst contract dollars to on field production deals in franchise history. A real GM would not have made the mistake of signing this turd. A decent GM that was capable of learning from their mistakes would have parted ways with this turd after the first full season of zero interceptions.

 

[Midswat]

Mr Carr in action. He isn't as bad as we think.

Ironically you posted a pic of one of the few plays Carr virtually had perfect coverage but the receiver made a highlight reel circus catch.

I don't care what the statistics suggest: Carr has been terrible. Of course he'll throw in a decent play and/or maybe 1-2 good games a year, but he has been paid as a premium cornerback and he has been anything but.

I dont know if it's position coaches, or scouts, or just bad luck altogether but look at our secondary the past how many years.... from grossly overpaying Carr to declaring Claiborne the best since Deion to relying on Barry Fuckin Church year after year to drafting and starting JJ Wilbust to Jeff Heath mysteriously keeping a roster spot (and signing an extension).

We have shown years and years of horrid secondary management. Virtually every resource since Tony Dixon round 2 2001 has been garbage.

 

[bvhawkeye]

He made his highlight real catch only after pushing off. Which is how he catches a great majority of the passes thrown his way. Why they let Beckham get away with such obvious pushing off on nearly every play just baffles me. Then I remember that Blandino is the head of officials and I remember why...

 

[Dodger12]

You guys can't understand and appreciate that these guys try hard. They didn't quit and Carr is no exception.

 

[TheZoneSucks]

You guys can't understand and appreciate that these guys try hard. They didn't quit and Carr is no exception.

Well, participation trophies are all we can hope for with the Cowboys so yay for trying!

 

[dbair1967]

Ironically you posted a pic of one of the few plays Carr virtually had perfect coverage but the receiver made a highlight reel circus catch.

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Not sure you can defend the ball by playing on your ass, but maybe that's some of that Jerome Henderson magic we all heard about when adding him alone was guaranteeing 2 more wins

 

[ThoughtExperiment]

Don't worry guys. Thirty-year old corners usually improve with age.

 

[dbair1967]

Don't worry guys. Thirty-year old corners usually improve with age.

Especially when they fight, scratch and claw.

 

[TheZoneSucks]

Don't worry guys. Thirty-year old corners usually improve with age.

If you look at the great teams of the Super Bowl era you will find that they all had CBs who went for years without picking off passes. It is one of the best metrics for winning Super Bowls! You definitely don't want guys that make plays and pick passes off. That is the easy way out. What you want are RKGs who fight, scratch, and claw!

 

[theoneandonly]

Its about the money. If you are gonna be average, you should get paid average, and not eat up valuable cap space.

 

[bvhawkeye]

Not sure you can defend the ball by playing on your ass, but maybe that's some of that Jerome Henderson magic we all heard about when adding him alone was guaranteeing 2 more wins

only went to his ass after being pushed off by Beckham, which the referee standing right there magically missed (like usual)

 

[Rynie]

only went to his ass after being pushed off by Beckham, which the referee standing right there magically missed (like usual)

To be fair, Dez also gets away with it all the time.