'24 MI QB CJ Carr (Notre Dame Signee)

[irishandy]

I think that some of us forget that Carr is a freshman on the field, he is going to make mistakes.

Carr is not the problem this season.

Carr is only going to get better.

 

[stpeteirish]

Only problem I see with Carr is he puts too much air under his longer throws. Should drill them like Marcel Reed.
Should learn that as he gets more experience.

 

[IrishBoognish]

If this is true, its a horrible thing

But amazing we had as much success as we did if they knew it was pass/run nearly every time

 

[Dale]

Only problem I see with Carr is he puts too much air under his longer throws. Should drill them like Marcel Reed.
Should learn that as he gets more experience.

I think Carr’s throws are significantly better than Reed’s.

 

[Bane]

I think Carr’s throws are significantly better than Reed’s.

Yeah, I don't want Carr to learn anything from Reed.

 

[Old Man Mike]

If Carr has a simple stance play tell, that is very easy to fix. I remember a lineman once with a similar tell. You give the guy a mantra and he fixes it. BUT ... what WOULD be disturbing about that IF TRUE, is that OUR coaching staff didn't see it.

 

[stlnd01]

Yeah, I don't want Carr to learn anything from Reed.

Yeah. Trade QBs and we probably lose last night by 20.

 

[irishff1014]

If this is true, its a horrible thing

But amazing we had as much success as we did if they knew it was pass/run nearly every time

So our analytics team isn’t doing their job either. Lovely

 

[ulukinatme]

He's been a stud in two extremely big games to start the season. He's made a few freshmen mistakes, but he is absolutely the guy I want leading this team. This all could have been mitigated with an easier schedule to start the season and easing into a conference schedule. It might be time to pull the trigger as realignment doesn't want to end. Carr could have slowly got acclimated to the college game, and our defense would have more time to get fixed under a new DC.

 

[GATTACA!]

He's been a stud in two extremely big games to start the season. He's made a few freshmen mistakes, but he is absolutely the guy I want leading this team. This all could have been mitigated with an easier schedule to start the season and easing into a conference schedule. It might be time to pull the trigger as realignment doesn't want to end. Carr could have slowly got acclimated to the college game, and our defense would have more time to get fixed under a new DC.

I think this narrative is played out. When is the last time this happened? I just scrolled through our schedules as far back as ESPN would let me and the only other time I can find that we played back to back ranked opponents to start the season was 2005. We started with Pitt then Michigan. Looking forward we wont in 26 or 27 either.

 

[NDFAN2008]

He's going to end up being the best QB we have had in the last 15 years and I think he ends up breaking records here. It's up to the staff to surround him with some playmakers. We need to get him some stud WR's if the guys on the roster aren't cutting it tough titties.

 

[irishu]

Was in the south end zone. One other tell I noticed was whenever the HB was lined up directly behind Carr, he would signal to the HB which direction to run the ball (if they were running the ball). He would put both hands behind his back, and make a fist with one and point to the left/right with the other. Would happen quickly, but usually twice per run play in this formation. If you were the defense, you could not see the direction, but the arms behind the back would signal it was a run

This specific issue is a coaching thing, if it is an issue at all

 

[Old Man Mike]

This latter thing is pretty common. It happens fast, so I'm not worried about whatever the crossed arms signal really is. The RB picks his route to a degree regardless of which side of the QB he passes.

 

[IrishFanForever23]

Was in the south end zone. One other tell I noticed was whenever the HB was lined up directly behind Carr, he would signal to the HB which direction to run the ball (if they were running the ball). He would put both hands behind his back, and make a fist with one and point to the left/right with the other. Would happen quickly, but usually twice per run play in this formation. If you were the defense, you could not see the direction, but the arms behind the back would signal it was a run

This specific issue is a coaching thing, if it is an issue at all

This shouldn't be an issue. A lot of QB's do this in college and pros.

 

[allenm5333]

A few years ago, we played a team in week 2. I noticed the QB has the same tendency on run and pass with his feet that troubled Carr. Week 2, we didn't want to build a game plan around it. But it checked out and won by like 8. Played them in the playoff finals later...won 42-0. We built in 2 plays each time we aligned and would yell Puma for pass, Reebock for run. If we can do this, holy smokes what colleges can do

 

[Some Irish Bloke]

It’s his second start. Dude balled out and had the team in position to win both games. Stop being a negative Nancy.

Bingo. To add: when is the last time ND had a starting QB who looked this good after their first two starts? In my lifetime, I don't think I've come across anything like how promising CJ is this early in his tenure.

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

I'm still rather disappointed in Freeman with regards to Carr.
It is clear as day that Carr's talent/ceiling is unbelievable.
Freeman already made the "tough" decision of letting the "experienced" QB (Angeli) walk.

Carr should have been given the keys wayyy sooner. You know for certain that both QBs were going to have growing pains. You know you have the two hardest games of the year coming up. You have got to give the starter more time to prepare.
Thankfully, Carr has made the best of the situation so far - but I can't help but wonder if he had more reps (and frankly less "battle mentality" in camp and more "lets get ready for Miami mentality) if he'd be even better than this.

 

[ulukinatme]

I think this narrative is played out. When is the last time this happened? I just scrolled through our schedules as far back as ESPN would let me and the only other time I can find that we played back to back ranked opponents to start the season was 2005. We started with Pitt then Michigan. Looking forward we wont in 26 or 27 either.

It's going to be hard to schedule these kinds of marquee matchups anytime but early September going forward. SEC is also going to a 9 game conference schedule starting next year, which means it's unlikely we get an SEC opponent in October or November. We're going to be playing more scorchers in September with southern opponents. We basically have the first 2-3 weeks to get big matchups outside of ACC opponents.

 

[KMac151993]

I think this narrative is played out. When is the last time this happened? I just scrolled through our schedules as far back as ESPN would let me and the only other time I can find that we played back to back ranked opponents to start the season was 2005. We started with Pitt then Michigan. Looking forward we wont in 26 or 27 either.

Both of those games were on the road in back to back weeks.

In 2000 we opened with 4 straight Top 25 games.

 

[InKellyWeTrust]

Fun stat - Drew Allar has a worse QBR than Carr. Keep in mind Drew Allar has 30 more career starts, hasn't played on the road yet, and Penn St SOS is currently 91st while NDs is 1st. Lol...this is why Penn St will not win a championship this year.

 

[SighWillingham]

Bingo. To add: when is the last time ND had a starting QB who looked this good after their first two starts? In my lifetime, I don't think I've come across anything like how promising CJ is this early in his tenure.

Seriously, the smoothness and calm he plays with given those two games were his first starts is amazing. He throws a perfect ball, and seeing the placement and the windows he nails is the sign he's special.

Sad that so much of the deflated team expectations have honestly overshadowed this fact. He's him.

 

[Free Manera]

Seriously, the smoothness and calm he plays with given those two games were his first starts is amazing. He throws a perfect ball, and seeing the placement and the windows he nails is the sign he's special.

Sad that so much of the deflated team expectations have honestly overshadowed this fact. He's him.

He is already to the point where you can't just throw cover 2 or 3 at him because he will drop dimes in the soft spot all day.

 

[Some Irish Bloke]

Seriously, the smoothness and calm he plays with given those two games were his first starts is amazing. He throws a perfect ball, and seeing the placement and the windows he nails is the sign he's special.

Sad that so much of the deflated team expectations have honestly overshadowed this fact. He's him.

I refuse to give up yet. I was pretty dejected Sunday and earlier this week, but let's start out by (hopefully) smashing Purdue tomorrow. If this team rips off 10 wins, they have a shot. One week at a time, but similar to last year, playoffs start now for ND.

They may not control their own destiny outright, but I have a hard time believing that a 10-2 ND squad with two losses to ranked opponents by a combined 4 pts will keep them out. We probably won't host a game if we got it but who cares, just make the CFP.

Indiana got in last year with a SoS comparable to Charmin Soft toilet paper. We unfortunately have to root for Miami and aTm to win a lot of football games to boost our resume, but maybe USC, Boise, and/or Arkansas can prove to be quality dubs in the end. Maybe a sneaky team like NC St (currently undefeated) or Syracuse make a run in the ACC and give us a couple of bullet points on the resume.

To your first point, CJ has absolutely shown he has the capability of being a dude who can lead us there. The defense needs to figure their shit out and OL needs to keep getting better.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Fun stat - Drew Allar has a worse QBR than Carr. Keep in mind Drew Allar has 30 more career starts, hasn't played on the road yet, and Penn St SOS is currently 91st while NDs is 1st. Lol...this is why Penn St will not win a championship this year.

 

[GATTACA!]

We unfortunately have to root for Miami and aTm to win a lot of football games to boost our resume

Honestly I have no problem rooting for A&M. Compared to most of the rest of the SEC I don't find them objectionable at all. Mike Elko seems like a good dude too.

 

[Some Irish Bloke]

Honestly I have no problem rooting for A&M. Compared to most of the rest of the SEC I don't find them objectionable at all. Mike Elko seems like a good dude too.

Just a sour taste in my mouth that we lost to them. But overall, yeah, not really on my radar of teams I dislike

 

[Free Manera]

Those cult weirdos are ok in my book. And I can root for Elko, he seems like he does it the right way.

 

[Dale]

My biggest issue with rooting for A&M down the stretch is I don’t think they are very good.

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

My biggest issue with rooting for A&M down the stretch is I don’t think they are very good.

I think their oline may be good enough this year
Dline, I don't think so. DBs, no
But maybe Elko can pull it off with Klein? He's going to need a lot of points

 

[GATTACA!]

Reed is gonna throw a ton of INTs too