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UPDATE: Will Derek Carr Play Again In 2024? | Alvin Kamara Seeks Second Opinion On Groin · AFR Saints

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  Speaker 1: dot org. Golf dot brek dot org. Darren Rizzy met
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  Speaker 1: with reporters on Monday to give an update on Derek
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  Speaker 1: Carr and also Alvin Kamara. Most significantly, First, he was asked,
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  Speaker 1: if we'll see if it's possible we'll see Derek Carr
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  Speaker 1: again this season.
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  Speaker 2: At this point, I would say you would get a
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  Speaker 2: chance to play at some point before the season's over.
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  Speaker 2: I think I don't think that's a I don't think
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  Speaker 2: that's a reach. At the same time, you know, get
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  Speaker 2: like any injury, it's it's getting it's improving. He's just
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  Speaker 2: not there quite yet.
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  Speaker 1: So I think the most interesting part of this is
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  Speaker 1: if Derek Carr is able to play, what's holding him back. Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: he still got a clear concussion Protocol. But then he's
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  Speaker 1: got the hand injury, which was reported to be a
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  Speaker 1: hand fracture, and how much that may impact him if
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  Speaker 1: he's not able to go first this was the update,
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  Speaker 1: is it?
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  Speaker 2: So?
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  Speaker 1: Is it the hand of the concussion that's keeping him
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  Speaker 1: out right now?
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  Speaker 2: Well, it's a little bit of a unique equation because
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  Speaker 2: the final step of the concussion Protocol is a little
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  Speaker 2: bit of a formality in that anybody in the in
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  Speaker 2: the in the concussion Protocol has to have a quote
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  Speaker 2: unquote practice uh, and so you know, we didn't feel comfortable, uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, having Derek out there in a practice scenario.
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  Speaker 2: He just wasn't quite ready for that. And so by
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  Speaker 2: the letter of the law, he's still in the you know,
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  Speaker 2: he's got to he's got to complete that protocol. So
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  Speaker 2: the first time he practices, the expectation would be that
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  Speaker 2: he would clear the concussion Protocol. So that's really not
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  Speaker 2: the in my opinion, not the limiting factor at the moment.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, that makes a lot of sense. So we'll see
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  Speaker 1: if Derek Carr can get ready. If I'm being completely honest,
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  Speaker 1: I don't want to see Derek Carr for the rest
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  Speaker 1: of the year. And it's not a knock on car.
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  Speaker 1: It's just the thing that I've always said about Derek
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  Speaker 1: Carr is, I know what Derek Carr is. He is
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  Speaker 1: a lower mid tier, upper bottom tier starting quarterback in
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  Speaker 1: the NFL, and that's not going to change with a
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  Speaker 1: game against Green Bay on Monday Night football. What I
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  Speaker 1: need to know is if Spencer Rattler can actually be
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  Speaker 1: a starting quarterback in the NFL. He's zero and three
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  Speaker 1: as a starter, but he's had some good moments. And
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  Speaker 1: the thing that you hope to see, not just with
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  Speaker 1: quarterbacks but with any player is the more they play,
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  Speaker 1: the better they get. My goodness, look at Trevor Penning.
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  Speaker 1: He was injured, didn't play the ball of his rookie year,
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  Speaker 1: came back late, was kind of like a tackle eligible.
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  Speaker 1: You tried to make him a left tackle last year, disaster.
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  Speaker 1: We're thinking you wasted a pick. He's a total bus
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  Speaker 1: new offense. Move him to the right side. I'm not
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  Speaker 1: telling you that he's going to the Hall of Fame.
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  Speaker 1: What I'm telling you is I'm more confident today that
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  Speaker 1: Trevor Penning can at least be a competent starter in
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  Speaker 1: the NFL than I was the day the season started.
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  Speaker 1: Is that fair? Like, could we all agree to that?
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  Speaker 1: That penning is that you're at least feeling better about
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  Speaker 1: the possibility of him being a starter and not just
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  Speaker 1: a cutem. He's a bust, never gonna do anything. That's
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  Speaker 1: time and it happens differently at a different rate with
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  Speaker 1: every player, certainly true quarterback as well. I keep using
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  Speaker 1: the Bryce Young example. Bryce Young was panned last year,
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  Speaker 1: he was benched this year. The convot the trade deadline
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  Speaker 1: is should Carolina trade him and move on? They've kept him,
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  Speaker 1: They've kept developing him, and over the last month, it
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  Speaker 1: looks like he's figuring it out. I mean again, they're
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  Speaker 1: not like they're not to put together. Is bust for Canton.
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  Speaker 1: But you feel better if you're in Carolina about brush
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  Speaker 1: Shunk today than you did a month ago. And so
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  Speaker 1: that's what I need to figure out about Spencer Rattler.
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  Speaker 1: I don't care what he looked like in those three
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  Speaker 1: games as the starter. I mean I care, but I
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  Speaker 1: also understand, like, what was your expectation behind a makeshift
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  Speaker 1: offensive line without your best weapons? Okay, well, now you
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  Speaker 1: got your offensive line back, it'll be easy. They're gonna lose.
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  Speaker 1: I don't care who plays quarterback. They're losing the Green
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  Speaker 1: Bay on Monday night football. It's gonna be freezing. You're
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  Speaker 1: at Lambeau Monday night football, capacity crowd, prime time, Like,
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  Speaker 1: that's gonna be terrible. But can Rattler go function and
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  Speaker 1: move the offense and maybe give you some belief that
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  Speaker 1: they can move a little bit? Let me see what
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  Speaker 1: that looks like. I'm way more interested in that than
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  Speaker 1: I am in watching one handed Derek Carr go play
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  Speaker 1: in the cold at LAMBA. So Rizzy was asked for
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  Speaker 1: a plan. What is the plan at quarterback right now?
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  Speaker 2: You know, I think John, with the situation, with the
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  Speaker 2: way Derek is right now, that really is the reason
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  Speaker 2: we would take a day to day right now. Week
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  Speaker 2: to week. We do get the extra day this week
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  Speaker 2: because of the Monday night game, so we'll wait and
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  Speaker 2: see what's going on with derek situation first and then
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  Speaker 2: kind of go from there. So yeah, there's really no
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  Speaker 2: reason to declare anybody a starter at the moment. Naturally,
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  Speaker 2: if Derek can get through the injury, you know, situation,
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  Speaker 2: and get out there and start practicing and at a
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  Speaker 2: regular pace, then that'll certainly factor in, but if you can't,
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  Speaker 2: and then obviously we'll have to have, you know, Plan B.
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  Speaker 1: The other thing worth keeping an eye on this week
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  Speaker 1: is Alvin Kamara just twelve yards rushing. I mean, just
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  Speaker 1: a really disappointing day against against Washington, five carries, twelve yards,
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  Speaker 1: had the groin injury, but he did have one of
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  Speaker 1: the most incredible touchdown receptions you'll ever see on the
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  Speaker 1: pass with Cedric Wilson where he made the one handed
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  Speaker 1: catch going into the corner of the end zone was amazing.
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  Speaker 1: But I sure hope for Kamara it's not the end
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  Speaker 1: of his season in because he's fifty yards away from
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  Speaker 1: a thousand. Kamara is sitting on nine hundred and fifty
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  Speaker 1: rush yards. He's never had a thousand yard rushing season,
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  Speaker 1: and he has been a bell cow for you this
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  Speaker 1: season when you've need him. It was nice to see
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  Speaker 1: Kendra Miller on Sunday average over five yards of carry.
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  Speaker 1: That's certainly one of the bright spots watching Miller run hard.
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  Speaker 1: And Miller's long was only seventeen yards, so it's not
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  Speaker 1: like he averaged five because there was a one off.
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  Speaker 1: Nine carries forty six yards average five point one per
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  Speaker 1: carrying along with seventeen So Miller had a nice day
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  Speaker 1: running the football. But you want to see Kamara back,
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  Speaker 1: but soft tissue injuries and we saw the groin keep
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  Speaker 1: Errett McCoy out for half the year. Here was the
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  Speaker 1: update from Darren Rizzy on Kamara's growing We.
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  Speaker 2: Got some maybe imaging back. You know, he's kind of
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  Speaker 2: dealing with a little bit of a growing ad doctor
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  Speaker 2: type of situation. You know, it's something that he was
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  Speaker 2: It was very, very minor. I think he kind of
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  Speaker 2: felt it on that diving touchdown catch, which was outstanding,
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  Speaker 2: by the way, and so he's going to get a
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  Speaker 2: couple of more opinions, more imaging things taken care of today,
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  Speaker 2: so we'll kind of see where he's at at the moment.
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  Speaker 2: I'm you know, we kind of have the first set
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  Speaker 2: of images and we're going to kind of see what
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  Speaker 2: happens here with the second set, second opinion, all that
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  Speaker 2: kind of thing.
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  Speaker 1: A little bit of a bummer man to see that
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  Speaker 1: go down that way, But we'll hope Kamara can get
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  Speaker 1: back before the end of the season, get those fifty yards,
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  Speaker 1: get over a thousand for the first time in his career.
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  Speaker 1: You're looking for small victories at this point in what
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  Speaker 1: is otherwise a lost season, with the Saints at five
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  Speaker 1: to nine, haven't fired their coach, but Kamara get into
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  Speaker 1: a thousand would be awesome to see. I'd love to
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  Speaker 1: see it. We'll hope he can get back