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"David Can Make Every Throw"

I almost jumped out of my skin when I read the following quote from Trent Dilfer:

"'Talent-wise, there's no comparison between [Matt Schaub and David Carr],' says Trent Dilfer, one of Carr's best friends. 'David can make every throw.'"

That gem was buried in a blog entry by ESPN's Seth Wickersham that was brought to my attention by the Texans Fan Blog over at the Chronicle's website (tip of the cap to Thomas Hilton for that).  Wickersham's declaration that the Texans qualify as a "June sleeper" aside, are you freaking kidding me?  Has Trent Dilfer watched David Carr play AT ALL in the last five years?  Surely, Dilfer must be thinking of Carr's senior year at Fresno State.  Or perhaps Dilfer once saw David tossing the pigskin with Papa Rodger in the front yard back in the day.  But there's no way that Trent Dilfer can say with a straight face, absent being under the influence of massive amounts of barbituates, that David Carr, the No. 1 overall pick of the 2002 NFL Draft, "can make every throw" in the NFL.  There's five (5) years of data, not to mention at least eleven Texans fans that DID watch every throw Carr made in the NFL, that say otherwise.

I won't even get into Dilfer's assertion that The Schaub isn't comparably talented to David Carr.  In fact, if we were looking at purely physical attributes, Dilfer may have a point.  But give me the quarterback who asks the defensive backs, "Anyone ready to go outside so I can make you look bad?" over The Greek God That Is David Carr every day of the week and twice on Sundays.

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RE: 11
So that's the Over/Under for this statistic?  I'll take the Over, since my previous calculations had it at 14.....as long as we are only counting games and not practices, pre-season, OTAs, catch with poppa, etc.
We can be critical of the draft picks, but in the end we always support the new Texan.

by Shake on Jun 12, 2007 10:17 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Re: Texans Fans
After considerable research, yes--I'm estimating the total number of Texans fans who have watched every game (OTA, practices, etc. can't count, as we don't typically have access to those) at 11.  There used to be a few zeros after the 11, but then the Texans had to go and play the Chargers in Week Two of the 2002 NFL season.
Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Jun 12, 2007 10:41 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I understand
Dilfer forgot to mention that they were playing Madden at the time.  An old version of Madden where you could complete every pass on rookie level, at that.

by bigfatdrunk on Jun 12, 2007 12:35 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Good Point
Madden for the SNES, I believe
We can be critical of the draft picks, but in the end we always support the new Texan.

by Shake on Jun 12, 2007 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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