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December 2, 2008 7:14:51 PM CST



Young QBs Fall Through Cracks

Posted Aug 31, 08 12:12 PM CDT in Sports 

(Newser) – All too common are the hopeful young quarterbacks who found themselves not taking snaps, the New York Times reports, but instead drifting around the NFL as human debris. Blame insufficient coaching, the win-now mantra of teams these days, or plain bad luck —for whatever reason, there are big problems behind the most important position in football. Just ask David Carr.

Carr's starts with the newly expanded Texans were like playing "street ball," and the promising first-round pick never learned how to review game tapes effectively. Now the 29-year-old is backing up Eli Manning, one of the few young guns to be given time to develop: last year's Super Bowl MVP lost his first six games in 2004.

Source New York Times

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Giants backup quarterback David Carr is trying to put his career back together. The Texans gave up on him after five exhausting seasons, and last year Carr struggled in six games with the Panthers.   (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)
Arizona Cardinals quarterback Matt Leinart (7) lost out to 37-year-old Kurt Warner for the starting job.   (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
New York quarterback Kellen Clemens (11) was a promising young possibility for the Jets... until Brett Favre came along.   (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Alex Smith (11) watches the game from the sidelines after being passed over in favor of journeyman QB JT O'Sullivan.   (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
Ben Roethlisberger represents one of the success stories of promising young quarterbacks: the Steelers team he joined was seasoned and ready to groom him.   (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning had a tough start to his career, but his team had faith in him%u2014a relatively uncommon turn of events in today's NFL.   (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)
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