Fansided

Every NFL team’s biggest draft whiff of all time

By Brad Rowland

SAN DIEGO - DECEMBER 24: Ryan Leaf
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Houston quarterback David Carr leaves the field after the game as the Houston Texans defeated the Oakland Raiders by a score of 23 to 14 at McAfee Coliseum, Oakland, California, December 3, 2006. (Photo by Robert B. Stanton/NFLPhotoLibrary)
Houston quarterback David Carr leaves the field after the game as the Houston Texans defeated the Oakland Raiders by a score of 23 to 14 at McAfee Coliseum, Oakland, California, December 3, 2006. (Photo by Robert B. Stanton/NFLPhotoLibrary) /

Houston Texans – David Carr (No. 1 pick, 2002)

I will go to my grave telling people that David Carr flopping out of the NFL was not David Carr’s fault.

The Houston Texans put together arguably the worst offensive line in the history of the league after becoming an expansion team, and they placed Carr firmly in harm’s way as a result. He was sacked on 76 (not a misprint) occasions during his rookie year and, frankly, that made him too gun-shy in the pocket and unable to capitalize on his considerable tools as a pocket passer.

It is honestly a testament to Carr that he was able to operate in the NFL for 11 seasons given what happened to him in Houston. Still, he finished his Texans stint with more interceptions (65) than touchdowns (59), and any time a quarterback doesn’t work out with the top overall pick, he will be criticized for the rest of his career, regardless of how much he is to blame.

Carr had a much better career than the majority of players on this list. It’s just a shame that the casual fan doesn’t realize it because the Texans set him up to fail so miserably.

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