3 veteran QBs Washington Football Team must pursue in offseason
By Jerry Trotta
The Washington Football Team’s need for a franchise quarterback has become more pressing with each passing week this season.
Like any team searching for a new gunslinger, Washington will have to choose between the draft, free agency or the trade market. There’s no way to know which side the front office is leaning, but it’ll likely hinge on where they’re positioned in the draft and which QBs (if any) become available via trade.
That leaves PLENTY of room for speculation and the bye week offers a perfect opportunity to highlight potential solutions.
Should Washington pass on drafting a QB in one of the least-hyped classes in recent memory, they could choose to flex their muscles and go all-out in pursuit of an established veteran.
After all, this roster has proven in recent weeks that it’s just an elite signal caller away from being able to compete with any team in the league.
If Washington is serious about shedding their laughingstock label, they must do everything possible to nab one of these three studs.
No Mitchell Trubisky!
3 veteran QBs Washington should consider in the offseason
3. Derek Carr
Derek Carr has somehow gone from being overrated to underrated. For reasons we’ll never understand, he isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but he very much belongs in the conversation of top-10 quarterbacks in the NFL.
All he’s done is post a passer rating over 100 in every season in 2018. That hasn’t always translated to wins, but have you seen the defenses he’s had to work with? Let’s put it like this: the Raiders’ defense has made serious strides this year and they still rank in the bottom half of the league in points allowed.
Despite never having a go-to receiver (we said receiver, not tight end), Carr has completed 68.8% of his passes for 254.3 yards per game and 67 touchdowns to just 27 interceptions over the last three seasons.
If you don’t think Carr is an upper-echelon quarterback at this point, then you’ll likely never be convinced no matter how many stats we rattle off. At 30 years old, he could hold down the position for at least the next five years.
You might be thinking, wait, Carr is signed through next season and seems happy in Las Vegas, especially now that Jon Gruden is gone. Why would he demand a trade? Well, he might not.
However, if the Raiders make a run at Aaron Rodgers, which is rumored to be a possibility they’ll have no other choice but to unload the three-time Pro Bowler. If that happens, Washington would be nuts not to pursue Carr.