Saints' Struggles Continue as Derek Carr Suffers an Injury

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00:00John DeShazer is our buddy down in New Orleans with NewOrleansaints.com.

00:05John, the last time we saw you, the Saints were cooking.

00:10They had scored 47 points in the opener.

00:13They had scored 44 against Dallas and kicked their ass.

00:17And since then, they've lost three in a row.

00:21And they've lost their quarterback.

00:24Now, I said today that, you know, I've had the oblique playing basketball multiple times.

00:29And to me, it's three or four weeks.

00:31It is what it is.

00:32I don't think he's finished at all.

00:34And today, people are talking to me about, you know, Adams doesn't want to go there because they, you know, lost Carr.

00:42I don't believe that's going to last more than three or four weeks.

00:45And he's going to be back running the Saints.

00:47What do you know about his oblique?

00:50And do you believe for one minute that that stuff with Adams is dead in the water?

00:56I'll answer the second one first.

00:58No, I don't think it's dead in the water.

01:00And the first one is, you know, Coach Dennis Allen said yesterday that Derrick Carr was week to week.

01:05So, you know, Derrick Carr is a guy who last year had rib injuries.

01:08He had, you know, a head injury.

01:10He had, you know, a sprained AC joint.

01:13And he didn't miss a single start for the Saints.

01:15So, he's one of those guys who when he says he wants to be out there with his guys, he really wants to be out there with his guys.

01:22And I know that certainly the team has lost three straight now going into Sunday's game against Tampa Bay.

01:27But things haven't looked great at all.

01:29You know, they scored a total of 46 points, I think, in the last three games.

01:33Excuse me, 49 points in the last three games after scoring 47 in the opener.

01:39But a lot of that has to do with a very underrated member of the offense.

01:44And that's center Eric McCoy was injured in the Philly game.

01:47That was the third game of the season.

01:49And that's when the losing streak started.

01:50Having McCoy not be on the field, the offensive inefficiency has risen, unfortunately, the last couple of games.

01:58So, maybe they can get that back on track because McCoy still is out.

02:02You know, he had surgery to repair his groin.

02:05So, he's going to miss at least four and probably more than that.

02:08So, that still remains to be seen.

02:10But, you know, Derrick Carr has been the starter for this team.

02:14He's going to be the starter when he comes back.

02:16When Dennis Allen says that's going to be our guy, he means that's going to be our guy.

02:21Now, if he's out for three, four weeks and Spencer Rattler shocks the world, you know, then maybe there's a reevaluation.

02:30But, you know, from all intents and purposes and everything we've heard,

02:34Derrick Carr is still going to be the guy who's going to be quarterbacking this team.