Routt Better than Carr?
By Stephen Brown
Footballsfuture.com has Brandon Carr as the fourth best free-agent corner in 2012. San Francisco’s Carlos Rogers is number one, followed by Atlanta’s Brent Grimes, and Tennessee’s Cortland Finnegan.
It came down to cap space, but Routt is better suited at No.2, Routt played well alongside Asomugha. As the Raiders No.1 corner Routt was penalized 17 times giving up eight touchdowns, tying for the second-highest total in the NFL last season.
“Right away I like how we solved MOST of our penalty issues with this release,” said a Raider fan.
Chief fans want Carr, but Kansas City entertaining Routt shows Carr and the Chiefs are apart. The Chiefs have re-signed others young players the season before their contracts expire, did so with Derrick Johnson, Jamaal Charles, Brandon Flowers and Ryan Succop, but slow with Dwayne Bowe and Carr.
Not the sign I was hoping to see. Signing Routt for depth would be stellar, because the Chiefs need a body at corner, but Routt will start.
Question: Is Routt better than Carr?
In passes defensed Carr and Routt had 19, both tied for 13th in the NFL. In interceptions Carr and Routt had four, both tied for 12th in the NFL. Both Routt and Carr have 237 combined tackles in their career. In Routt’s seven seasons he has 50 passes defensed. In four seasons Carr has 65 passes defensed. Routt has 10 total interceptions compared to Carr’s eight. Routt has started 14 games or more three times, Carr has started every game for the Chiefs since 2008.
Carr was a fifth round pick; Routt was taken in the second.
Carr is viewed as one of the best unsigned prospects available throughout the entire league; CBSSports.com Senior NFL Columnist Pete Prisco put his stamp on Carr by listing him as the second best player in the open market. Carr was only behind Houston Texans defensive end Mario Williams.
Routt has his visits lined up too, so both Carr and Routt are hot.
When you look at the numbers, the hype, and how many teams are interested in both the two match up pretty evenly. As No.2 corners they'll help your team, they are solid corners.
What I like about Carr compared to Routt is his age, attitude, and how familiar Carr is with the Chiefs. Carr has started every game since 2008; he has chemistry with Brandon Flowers. I'd consider that factor for moving forward.
The Chiefs have money, lots of it. Cash shouldn’t be an issue, but keeping team unity needs to be Pioli's list.
Routt’s numbers slipped when he was made Oakland’s No.1 corner, but I’m sure he’d do fine in Kansas City opposite Flowers.
That’s really not the point, not for me. I like Carr and I like the idea the Chiefs keeping one of their own. Carr is somebody that was drafted by the Chiefs, has played every game for the Chiefs, and wants to stay with the Chiefs.
I was surprised to see that Carr and Routt were so close or tied with the numbers, but I give Carr the tiebreaker.
As of writing this Routt is on his second day in Kansas City, so it seems both Routt and Kansas City have something to talk about. Hopefully somewhere Carr and the Chiefs are talking still as well.
Good day, Chief fans!
This was before Stanford Routt was cut by the Raiders last week.
New Oakland general manager Reggie McKenzie wasted no time reshaping his cap strapped roster; his first move was to release Routt, one of the team’s better defensive players.
The Raiders signed Routt to a three-year, $31.5 million deal, with $20 million in guaranteed money, last February, basically keeping Routt over Nnamdi Asomugha. Routt’s deal was later restructured to five years and $54.5 million, with $20 million in guarantees — of which $10 million was to happen this year.
What if the Chiefs can get Routt for half of what it'd take to keep Carr? Is that a good move for the organization?
