3. Quarterback

Last offseason, the words ‘make or break’ were said a lot with regard to Derek Carr’s 2019 season. Some people are now acting like that wasn’t a real thing. It was. This was Carr’s second season in Gruden’s offense. He had a rough first season in it, just as he did in most other seasons in which it was his first in the same offense.

Carr’s one successful season was in 2016 when he had Bill Musgrave as his OC for a second season. So, if he was going to be the guy in Gruden’s offense, you’d figure the second season in it was that time. And it just didn’t happen.

In his end season press conference, Gruden wouldn’t commit to Carr as his QB for 2020 because there isn’t any clear evidence to suggest he is the QB that can run his offense to max capacity and take this team where it needs to go. They either should look to replace now or prepare for that possibility.

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