Official Texans Facebook Page Claims David Carr Was Not a "can't miss" Draft Pick

[Joshua]

Pull up the first round of basically any draft you want. It's littered with busts. In most years, a full half of the first round don't live up to expectations. Simply because most teams graded Carr out as a high pick is meaningless and to suggest that pre-draft prognostications are a better indicator of what he was capable of than what he actually did is laughable.

[chuck]

My basic premise is that if a guy is so brittle emotionally that he gets ruined by playing on a couple of bad teams then in an optimal situation there is no way that he would ever scale the heights predicted by his physical talent. Carr was always going to suck. Couch was always going to suck. Good line, bad line, good coach, bad coach. Those guys were never going to be any good.

Anyway, I'm no closer to having any real idea of what I want the Texans to do.

[Warren]

The Texans encouraged Carr to work out at the combine by telling him he'd be their pick no matter how how he performed in Indy. If that doesn't mean they considered him a clear cut, can't miss QB then I don't know what would.

I liked the Carr pick at the time, FWIW. He had the physical tools but just couldn't make decisions quickly enough, and he seemed more satisfied with being an NFL QB than pushing himself to be a great one.