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Related: About this forumRaiders going with rookie Derek Carr
The Oakland Raiders have named rookie Derek Carr their starting quarterback, according to a Fox Sports report.
Carr will get the nod over veteran Matt Schaub, who is playing his first season in Oakland after spending the past seven seasons starting for the Houston Texans.
Carr, a second-round pick from Fresno State, completed of 11 of 13 passes for 143 yards and three touchdowns, including two one-play touchdown passes in a 41-31 win over the Seattle Seahawks in the preseason finale for both.
Both quarterbacks have been banged up this preseason, with Carr suffering a concussion and a rib injury in one game and Schaub dealing with what the team has called a minor elbow issue.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/11449997/oakland-raiders-name-derek-carr-starting-quarterback
Smart move. Coach was committed to Schaub all the way until last pre-season game where Carr was as close to perfect as you can get.
madinmaryland
(64,920 posts)The last pre-season game is what you base your choice on?? It's what the last three players to be selected on.
Hopefully, this is not a harbinger for the Raiders' season.
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)before the 4th pre-season game he was showing no arm strength, playing poorly, everything indicating coach was making the wrong move regardless of what Carr was showing until he gave him no choice.
Here is a good article
This is a move the Raiders had to make. If the 2013 game film suggested that Schaub's days as an effective starting quarterback were behind him, the preseason tape slammed that idea home with authority.
Allen was forced to acknowledge what he outright denied less than 10 days ago: Schaub's arm strength is simply not NFL-caliber right now.
Whereas Schaub cannot throw convincingly beyond 10 yards, Carr was 11-of-18 for 234 yards and three touchdowns on preseason throws over 10 yards, per Pro Football Focus.
Although it's somewhat surprising that Carr has beaten Blake Bortles, Johnny Manziel and Teddy Bridgewater to the starting lineup, NFL Media's Albert Breer reported in early June that the Raiders' coaching staff expected their second-round draft pick to push Schaub.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000387073/article/derek-carr-starting-over-matt-schaub-for-raiders
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Between this and the rash of suspensions down in Santa Clara, this is looking like a crappy season out here, in stereo.
Auggie
(31,061 posts)After the Matt Flynn debacle and the D.J. Hayden pick last year, and now Schaub ...