Thursday night’s game between the Saints and Jaguars was a frustrating evening all around for New Orleans. And one play in particular summed up how the night went for Derek Carr’s offense.
On a third-down play in the fourth quarter with the Saints down eight points, Carr tried to air a pass out to wide receiver Chris Olave. The pass, though, was nowhere close and sailed out of bounds to bring up fourth down. But when the cameras panned back at Carr, the Saints quarterback was furious.
Without even hearing Carr, it seemed like he was upset at Olave for not running through the whole route. And mic’d-up footage from the Jaguars would confirm that this week.
Oh boy… #Saints QB Derek Carr was caught on Mic'd Up during the #Jaguars game screaming at Chris Olave in that viral clip.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?? RUN!"
The Jags YT account had Mic'd Up Travon Walker and it caught Carr during his tirade.
https://t.co/2NA8XG6p75 https://t.co/4w72qj1o4k pic.twitter.com/1zldIAcgFH
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) October 25, 2023
Carr could be heard shouting at Olave, “What are you doing?! Run!”
And while it’s not out of the ordinary for quarterbacks to get on their receivers like that — Tom Brady was known to be a tough leader — it was odd to see Carr get so upset at Olave over an incompletion he never had a chance of catching. That pass was nowhere close to staying in bounds, so even if Olave ran through the route, the result would have stayed the same.
Fans also had thoughts on the mic’d-up footage.
This was how Twitter reacted
Run where??? He chucked it 5 yards out of bounds lmao https://t.co/bp2L5Pu83u
— Kenneth Berkley (@Kjberkley06) October 25, 2023
David Carr getting pissed that Chris Olave didn’t sprint for an uncatchable ball is just so funny https://t.co/cZpktdshwS
— Jacquie👻🎃🦇 (@JacquieTeo1) October 25, 2023
Dude threw it 5 yards out of bounds but yeah it’s Olave fault. Lol. https://t.co/RyAayvcCGo
— Nick Torgerson (@NickTorgs12) October 25, 2023
Carr is trash keep running 10’ out of bounds might of caught it https://t.co/aEaILiwICw
— Garrett (@Barber21_TheDon) October 25, 2023
Bro threw the ball 10 yards out of play and has the gall to yell at others https://t.co/DIXNYMWTaR
— Max (@Cali_vx) October 25, 2023
If I remember correctly that ball went 10 yards out of bounds. Even if Olave would’ve ran there was nothing he could do. I’d furious if I was getting yelled at by a mediocre QB like Carr. https://t.co/004anXvGgb
— Mark Gonzalez (@RednGold23) October 25, 2023
Genuinely what is going on the Saints’ locker room, it sounds like a complete nightmare rn https://t.co/bTlUqKSEAx
— Depressed Patriots fan (2-5) (@HaloWarsEnjoyer) October 25, 2023
Derek carr needs to stop telling his WRs to go faster… https://t.co/ky9q7qPk3f
— Dust N Busters (@djm5226) October 25, 2023
My favorite part of this is that Carr threw that ball about 5 yards out of bounds lol https://t.co/3zx6C8Qyki
— Ryan (@rcbz1994) October 25, 2023
