Cut down day: In surprise, Carr will stay

I’d imagine they’ll hold on to him until at least mini camp because he has value outside of his position.. on special teams and in the return game. I highly expect him to be a camp casualty though.

I don’t know about anyone else, but I am AMAZED at how durable Eli has been. When he first got here, I thought he was gonna get broken in two!!! Remember his first game when he just got PANCAKED into the turf??

Last thing I want to see is David Carr starting for the Giants because Eli’s injured, but it’s a very tough game. Just ask “Tom Terrific” how quick things can get ugly.

I can think of worst safety nets than Carr.

but could they be hanging on to Carr for Eli insurance? They may have given him this deal with the understanding that Eli’s in a contract year and if something catastrophic happens.. Carr is their man. Could he have taken reduced pay to be given the opportunity to potentially start for a contender?

I think the kid has alot of talent, and could still be a good starter in the league. Not many teams have the luxury the Giants do

Carr’s deal is because he can’t really get what he could be worth right now, another year with one of the better teams, backing up one of the better QBs, in a huge market and possibility of a ring will be awesome for him, thats why hes not signed to more than a year or more than 1mil

I was totally convinced that Carr would go someplace where he would have a shot at starting.

I guess being paid $1M without getting pounded is pretty appealing

I know Madison doesn’t contribute much on the field anymore, but I’ll be sad to see him go. He filled that CB nicely for a couple of years and he was a great locker room presence. I think he’ll be sorely missed. Hopefully he comes back in the future as a DB coach. Droughns was good on special teams, but definitely not worth the money. I kind of forgot about Knight. He might as well have been invisible.

“The Daily News has learned Carr received a one-year deal worth $2.1 million, which includes a $1 million base salary in 2009.”

There are quotes out there where he says he could have gone somewhere else but ended up in situation like Houston and that idea wasn’t very appealing to him.

He did a lot with a little in New England. He was their Phil Simms. Obviously our last memories of him are not good, but you could say the same thing about a lot of quarterbacks who played too long, including one Bret Favre.

When Drew was playing his best the team just wasn’t there to go all the way. But in a lot of ways they are comparable. They both played 14 years, their qb ratings are within one point of each other, they both stood in the pocket and had quick releases, and an examination of their career stats shows them to be very similar.

http://www.nfl.com/players/drewbledsoe/profile?id=BLE195074

http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SIMMSPHI01

And yes, it is possible that the combination of players on three teams might make the differnce. And it’s not like he didn’t have any success at New England.

I don’t remember what the expectations were when Dan Fouts entered the league.

I live in New England and have had this type of discussion with many Pats fans who won’t admit that Bledsoe didn’t live up to expectations or that his bad decision making was one’s fault but his own either.

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On a lighter note, When Dan Fouts (the commentator) was recently discussing a team’s defense, one of the other commentators asked “What do you know about playing defense?’ to which Dan replied "Well, I did throw over 250 interceptions”

Take care GO GIANTS!!!