Dak Prescott for Derek Carr? The Craziest NFL Trade Rumor | After Further Review Reaction Video

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  • Could the New Orleans Saints trade Derek Carr for Dak Prescott? Would the Dallas Cowboys and New Orleans Saints swap quarterbacks. In this video, James Skrmetta reacts to one of the craziest NFL trade rumors with the New Orleans Saints sending QB Derek Carr to Dallas Cowboys and replacing Carr with Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott.
    Matt Moscona reacts to an ESPN article breaking down the contract of Cowboys QB Dak Prescott.
    From the article: A point made in the article highlights the possibility of the Saints moving on from Derek Carr and targeting Dak Prescott. Is this a realistic possibility and what would a move of this magnitude cost for both teams? If the Saints disappoint this season, they likely would end up moving on from Derek Carr, who only has $10 million in guarantees left on his deal after this season. They would struggle to eat the $40 million in dead money from his contract if they trade him after the season, but they could designate him as a post-June 1 release to free up more than $30 million in short-term space. That could come in handy if they decide to try to sign Prescott. Derek Carr is in the same bucket with Kirk Cousins as a lesser, older version of Prescott, albeit with more late-game heroics given his propensity for fourth-quarter comeback victories. His ability to protect the football and avoid turnovers could appeal to the Cowboys if they plan on winning games with their defense, and they should be able to land Carr at about half the price of what they would pay Prescott on a new deal.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 152

  • @cherigremillion5181
    @cherigremillion5181 3 місяці тому +21

    If you think for one minute Dak is a major upgrade from Car you need to lay off the dope. Keep Car, pass on Dak

  • @savethebeez
    @savethebeez 3 місяці тому +7

    who gave this guy a mic? did he just compare lions stafford to present day dak? Unreal honestly

  • @dondiegodelap
    @dondiegodelap 3 місяці тому +9

    Matt Moscona is a DC hacer no matter what happens, also a Taysom hater...don't like his content

    • @donhays582
      @donhays582 3 місяці тому +1

      Bro, Matt Moscona hates the Saints!!! His bitch ass has NO BUSINESS reporting on the Saints.

  • @jarelljenkins3392
    @jarelljenkins3392 3 місяці тому +21

    All his videos are about dogging Carr he hates him

  • @divineeternity7268
    @divineeternity7268 3 місяці тому +21

    WOAH!!!! Let's get straight to the point. There's no world I would trade Derek Carr for Dak Prescott. No way Jose. Thank you.😁⚜️💯

  • @VisualAFMedia
    @VisualAFMedia 3 місяці тому +22

    I clicked and then had massive regret when I saw the bald headed Saints hater. 😮‍💨

    • @jcoolguy1548
      @jcoolguy1548 3 місяці тому +6

      Same. Mascona always have some stupid takes I swear. Sometimes I even wonder if he knows what he's talking about.

    • @divineeternity7268
      @divineeternity7268 3 місяці тому +2

      @@VisualAFMedia Did he have this much hate for Andy Dalton? Because he's starting to seem more like the *typical* Derek Carr hater. A bunch of analysis that have nothing to do with the actual skill of the players or their *situation* .

  • @1B2B-ReyA
    @1B2B-ReyA 3 місяці тому +7

    Matt is the worst, sorry james couldn't watch more of him.

  • @slowkid2231
    @slowkid2231 3 місяці тому +7

    I feel like carr will have a better season this coming year. And compared to dak I still trust Carr more to be our QB

  • @eduardopoceros7737
    @eduardopoceros7737 3 місяці тому +15

    Dak wouldnt have survived if he was drafted by the raiders.
    If carr was with the cowboys he would have more playoff success than dak, carr is clutch and dak isnt and gets nervous, also dak throws lots of ints on outs that carr makes look easy

    • @goldenking562LBC
      @goldenking562LBC 3 місяці тому +1

      Stop the cap bitter Carr groupie! Carrbage couldn't make it to the playoffs in the easiest division with the easiest schedule! 💯 Smh😆😆😆

    • @jessegardner134
      @jessegardner134 3 місяці тому +4

      ​@@goldenking562LBCTF are you talking about? Carr had the division clinched, it's your boy Winston who choked it away 😂

    • @goldenking562LBC
      @goldenking562LBC 3 місяці тому +1

      @@jessegardner134 Typical bitter Carr groupie blaming everyone but Carrbage! 💯 Smh😆😆😆

    • @divineeternity7268
      @divineeternity7268 3 місяці тому +4

      @@eduardopoceros7737 I agree.🤣💯⚜️

    • @divineeternity7268
      @divineeternity7268 3 місяці тому +5

      @@jessegardner134 Carr made it to the playoffs with the not so great Raiders and guess what. The division wasn't easy. So that fake jealous argument that Carr couldn't have success while it was easy? Ignore it.

  • @ejford5083
    @ejford5083 3 місяці тому +6

    People full of hate are usually delusional.

  • @CB-ef9pw
    @CB-ef9pw 3 місяці тому +12

    Did Carr sleep with Muscano's wife or mother or something? The dude has gone off the deep end.

    • @binkei
      @binkei 3 місяці тому +1

      he has nothing else to talk about!

  • @laceyvandevender5893
    @laceyvandevender5893 3 місяці тому +9

    Dak prescott? oh nah im good lol

    • @ZayDeyknow
      @ZayDeyknow 3 місяці тому

      He's a top 5 QB you have 0 braincells if you acting like he isn't good

    • @laceyvandevender5893
      @laceyvandevender5893 3 місяці тому

      @@ZayDeyknow top 5 is crazy I'm ngl lol

    • @ZayDeyknow
      @ZayDeyknow 3 місяці тому

      @laceyvandevender5893 name 5 QBs better than him and don't mention no playoffs

    • @laceyvandevender5893
      @laceyvandevender5893 3 місяці тому

      @@ZayDeyknow the only reason he's even as high as he is because they have a stacked team nobody considers dak to be top 5 buddy lol king 👑 of empty yards. Patric Mahomes, Brock Purdy Lamar Jackson Mathew stafford(Joe burrow) Jalen hurts jared goff and that's just off the top of my head and they might not even be top 5 but they are better than dak

  • @richvitale3831
    @richvitale3831 3 місяці тому +15

    I can’t listen to this clown from AFR. He acts like Carr slept with his wife and isn’t objective at all. Also the article is saying that “B” is already true from past performances not going to be true in the future.

    • @goldenking562LBC
      @goldenking562LBC 3 місяці тому

      YOU BITTER CARR GROUPIES AREN'T EVEN REAL SAINTS FANS! 💯 SMH😆😆😆

    • @jessegardner134
      @jessegardner134 3 місяці тому +1

      ​@@goldenking562LBCcasual fans claiming anyone isn't a fan it's hilarious 😂. You don't even understand what you're watching, but you're going to call out someone else's fandom? 😂😂😂

    • @goldenking562LBC
      @goldenking562LBC 3 місяці тому

      @@jessegardner134 Yeah I can spot you bitter Carr groupies right away but nice try kid! 💯 Smh😆😆😆

  • @michaelmiller4757
    @michaelmiller4757 3 місяці тому +6

    We don't need dak he chokes in the playoffs

    • @JamesSkrmetta
      @JamesSkrmetta  3 місяці тому +3

      And would probably be the highest paid QB in the league

  • @dparel
    @dparel 3 місяці тому +5

    I can't watch this crap!

  • @explodingbaby9758
    @explodingbaby9758 3 місяці тому +9

    Him comparing deck, Prescott to Derek Carr, and their careers is absolutely insane, Jerry Jones has given everything possible to make him successful when he has Ezekiel Elliott beginning of his career with the best line and good receivers pretty good defense compared to what Oakland and Vegas? Good team the 2022 season and that was ruined by McDaniels.

  • @jasonleonard6260
    @jasonleonard6260 3 місяці тому +9

    Carr will play well for the next 7-10 years for the Saints.

    • @JamesSkrmetta
      @JamesSkrmetta  3 місяці тому +2

      All we need is 2 to 3

    • @jasonleonard6260
      @jasonleonard6260 3 місяці тому +2

      @@JamesSkrmetta agreed! I hope everything comes together under Kubiak this year. If not this year, hopefully in the next few. I think the pieces are in place for success.

    • @ACAMPS.HITHOUSE
      @ACAMPS.HITHOUSE 2 місяці тому

      Not a chance in hell maybe 2 more years and he’s outta here

    • @jessegardner134
      @jessegardner134 2 місяці тому

      ​@@ACAMPS.HITHOUSE Carr is still very much in his prime there chief. As long as he keeps playing well (and he'll be better this year then he was last year) then he'll be the Saints QB. Only incompetent teams with ego maniac HC's who are about to lose their jobs and need a scapegoat get rid of franchise QB's in their prime. Thankfully Saints aren't in the situation, and they will be good this season. So buckle up, Carr is gonna be around for awhile bud. You should be happy tbh. Many teams don't have a franchise QB. Saints are lucky Raiders are incompetent.

  • @cherigremillion5181
    @cherigremillion5181 3 місяці тому +8

    Even if Derek Carr goes to Dallas after next season I still don't want Prescott in any way shape or form....

  • @KEAonYT
    @KEAonYT 3 місяці тому +4

    0:20 Literally made it :20 into the video and I have the Sponge Bob “This guy Stinks!” meme playing on repeat in my head. I already know baldy is about to shout some utter garbage out of his overly aggressive pie hole. Let’s see if I’m right. 🤔

  • @dparel
    @dparel 3 місяці тому +12

    Derek would have had a monster career and a HOF candidate if he was Dallas' QB!!!!!

  • @TheStacanova
    @TheStacanova 3 місяці тому +10

    The Bears are a good example, they drafted Trubisky at number 2 overall and got back to being mediocre, then moved on drafted Fields in the top 10, now they drafted Caleb Williams, First overall.
    That’s more than a decade of being really bad, one season of making the playoffs, this is how rebuilds typically go.
    It’s funny that Moscona and people like him think, you just blow it up, draft your franchise QB and your good to go for 20 years.
    Heck, there are teams that have NEVER even played in a Super Bowl.
    Like the Chargers, who I’m sure Moscona believes have their franchise QB, without realizing Herbert’s career has almost matched Derek Carr’s career exactly!
    It’s really difficult for any QB to overcome organizational dysfunction.
    Do you think if the Jets had drafted Mahomes, he’d just be the same Mahomes that we see in KC playing for Andy Reid?

  • @donhays582
    @donhays582 3 місяці тому +3

    Im going to quit watching James if he ever plays this clowns video again.

  • @jarelljenkins3392
    @jarelljenkins3392 3 місяці тому +21

    This dude is a clown he really just doesn’t like Carr

    • @dparel
      @dparel 3 місяці тому

      CLOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @goldenking562LBC
      @goldenking562LBC 3 місяці тому +3

      You call him a clown but yet you're still making excuses for a bum that hasn't won a playoff game in over 10 years now! Watch this, why hasn't Carrbage won a playoff game? 💯😆😆😆

    • @jessegardner134
      @jessegardner134 3 місяці тому +4

      ​@@goldenking562LBCteams win or lose, not QB's. Only casual fans think otherwise.

    • @goldenking562LBC
      @goldenking562LBC 3 місяці тому +2

      @@jessegardner134 Yeah those teams aren't entering their 11th season without winning one playoff game and only one playoff appearance but keep trying bitter Carr groupie! 💯 Smh😆😆😆

    • @goldenking562LBC
      @goldenking562LBC 3 місяці тому +1

      @@123Snakehead Don't mistake hate with facts bitter Carr groupie! It's not my faul that your obsession for Carrbage blinds you to the facts! 💯😆😆😆

  • @SoChillGamer
    @SoChillGamer 3 місяці тому +9

    I like having DC ⚜ as our QB. I think this season will be great for the Saints, Also Dak Prescott is from Louisiana.. Yet none of this will happen. Great work James 🍻

    • @divineeternity7268
      @divineeternity7268 3 місяці тому +6

      I had no clue he was from here. I'm still good with DC though.

  • @Cjac1027
    @Cjac1027 3 місяці тому +1

    I live in Dallas and let me tell you. Cowboys fans HATE Dak. He is the same guy as Derek Carr. I used to like watching AFR but Moscona just doesn’t know what he’s talking about. His hate for derek Carr blinds him at being objective on his analysis of the team.

  • @nickcamarillo8175
    @nickcamarillo8175 3 місяці тому +1

    I can’t stand Matt M. I stopped watching his show after constantly bashing Carr for no factual reason, only personal bias opinion.

  • @waypat5805
    @waypat5805 3 місяці тому +1

    This Clown … he proves it again by even going into this … Hate knowns no bounds for Matt when it comes to all things Derek Carr.

  • @marcgonzalez5503
    @marcgonzalez5503 3 місяці тому +1

    Oh come on, this guys takes are ridiculous

  • @dannyobrien1969
    @dannyobrien1969 3 місяці тому +7

    This guy needs to increase his Carr Meds!!!

  • @Hollywood0317
    @Hollywood0317 3 місяці тому +5

    I have never seen a show decade to the Saints that talks so much shit about the team they're supporting. SMH

    • @jcoolguy1548
      @jcoolguy1548 3 місяці тому +1

      Exactly. Mascona has so many bad takes.

  • @ZayDeyknow
    @ZayDeyknow 3 місяці тому +1

    DAK is a top 5 QB we need to stop with the Cowboy hate stop the BS dudes played better than 97% of QBs last year dont wanna hear that playoffs shit its a TEAM sport

  • @Bandit9539
    @Bandit9539 3 місяці тому +1

    Matt is a maniac lol. We got carr for a steal. Everybody that’s in his tier wants 60 mil 😂

  • @OG_Steve
    @OG_Steve 3 місяці тому

    So are we forgetting that Matt also played with a HOF WR in Megatron for 7 seasons in DET? and Dak has always had a stacked team in DAL. Now let me know what HOF offensive players has Carr played with while on the Raiders. The fact is if you had to rank these teams in order of player potential and coaching, DAL would be 1st, DET 2nd, and Raiders 3rd

  • @patricklavigne4453
    @patricklavigne4453 2 місяці тому

    Derek Carr is not going to get traded to Dallas. No way in hell. Jerry Jones knows he messed up paying Prescott in the last contract he signed. Prescott is overrated and will never be better than Carr. Just watch how Carr carves up the NFL this season. This year the Saints go deep in the playoffs. So stop analyzing and report total negativity. You are big downer.

  • @JerryTolley420
    @JerryTolley420 3 місяці тому

    Watch the Raiders vs. Cowboys in 2021 on Thanksgiving, then tell me who is better. Needless to say Carr was eating the turkey legs not Dak.

  • @scottrobert
    @scottrobert 3 місяці тому

    When Carr played with the Raiders, his defense was 30th! look it up. when he had a 19th ranked D they went to the playoffs and then Gruden got fired.

  • @Dominus_Ryder
    @Dominus_Ryder 3 місяці тому

    If Carr had been on the Cowboys his entire Career as opposed to the Raiders, there’d be an entirely different impression of Carr. Dak plays in a division where both NY and Was have been terrible for the last decade. That’s 4 guarantee wins every year, as opposed to the AFC west where the Chiefs play, which is about 2 guaranteed losses. Not to mention that up until the last year, the Raiders had a bottom ranked defense year after year.

  • @mwganson
    @mwganson 3 місяці тому

    I'm okay with drafting guys like Haener and Rattler in the 4th and 5th rounds and hoping you strike it rich on the cheap. Draft one every year if you have a spot on the roster for him.

  • @relaxandcalmstation
    @relaxandcalmstation 3 місяці тому

    I would take Dak over DC …. Like I said before …. I feel in my gut we will never win a ring with DC ….
    W Dak I think we have a shot .

  • @ronvollstedt7437
    @ronvollstedt7437 3 місяці тому

    You could say the same thing about Matthew Stafford with Detroit!

  • @jeremygates9374
    @jeremygates9374 3 місяці тому

    I feel like Carr will be able to step up this season with an ACTUAL OC installed. Prescott being a “playoff QB”..yeah, ok. With his perennial one and dones, I just don’t see where the upgrade is. Talk about lack of “bang for your buck”. All that does is get you a crappier draft choice. No thanks. Even if the capability existed, I’d give a straight trade a HARD PASS. #WhoDat

    • @JamesSkrmetta
      @JamesSkrmetta  3 місяці тому +2

      Exactly. I don't know if 1 and done every year makes you a playoff QB.

  • @ronvollstedt7437
    @ronvollstedt7437 3 місяці тому

    Dak will Not get a giant contract I’d it’s not Dallas. On the market Dak will be 30 mil

  • @ronvollstedt7437
    @ronvollstedt7437 3 місяці тому

    Or you could get Joe Montana 4th rd. Or Tom Brady 5 th rd. Or Brock Purdy 7 th rd

  • @ronvollstedt7437
    @ronvollstedt7437 3 місяці тому

    Only someone that has no idea about quarterback talent would even make such a dumb idea

  • @ccarter_46
    @ccarter_46 3 місяці тому

    YES! Ouch he hurt my ears too with all the hollering! Been waiting for another segment you do on AFR, these are comedy gold! Keep up the great work, James! 👏 😎

  • @timothyruss6996
    @timothyruss6996 3 місяці тому

    I'm mad at myself for watching this.....

  • @susejonazol
    @susejonazol 2 місяці тому

    I legit stopped watching AFR after I realized they bag on Carr for clickbait and it’s gotten pretty darn old.

  • @ronvollstedt7437
    @ronvollstedt7437 3 місяці тому

    New England or Carolina could use Prescott

  • @binkei
    @binkei 3 місяці тому +1

    Love your voice of reason! Just keeping it real!

  • @reemrich9547
    @reemrich9547 3 місяці тому

    Matt is one of those tough love reporters, honestly he doesn’t have any hope in the QB room lol

  • @ACAMPS.HITHOUSE
    @ACAMPS.HITHOUSE 2 місяці тому

    Carr sucks bro we know who he is already king of empty yards puts up numbers when the games already over with

    • @jessegardner134
      @jessegardner134 2 місяці тому

      That stigma is the worst one regarding Carr. The only time he's ever down 3+ scores is when the offense is struggling, and it doesn't just stop struggling to give him a bunch of empty yards.
      He's known for getting his team back into the game (bc his teams historically have the worst defense in the NFL, meaning they're automatically playing from behind if the other team gets the ball 1st).
      It's not Carrs fault he was on bad teams. The same exact thing happened to Stafford in Detroit, and they had virtually identical careers with the teams that drafted them. Difference is Stafford went to a loaded team ready to make a SB run, while Carr went to a team with arguably the worst OL in the NFL, a bottom 3 run game, and an OC who didn't know what play action was. No QB was doing well in that situation bud.

  • @ronvollstedt7437
    @ronvollstedt7437 3 місяці тому

    Carr is better than Prescott. I bet the Saints beat the cowboys week 2

  • @ronvollstedt7437
    @ronvollstedt7437 3 місяці тому

    This guy has no clue about football. He does have a great radio voice.

    • @JamesSkrmetta
      @JamesSkrmetta  3 місяці тому

      Good thing there’s me to supply the football knowledge 💪🏻

  • @kingkaden2034
    @kingkaden2034 3 місяці тому

    Can you please react to football analysis new video on the saints

    • @JamesSkrmetta
      @JamesSkrmetta  3 місяці тому +1

      Will do! I'll do a reaction on that one this week

  • @jptyro
    @jptyro 3 місяці тому +6

    James another great show!! ESPN 100.3 wouldn’t even deserve you if they think this 🤡 is worth a show or a paycheck they couldn’t afford or make you push this 💩

    • @goldenking562LBC
      @goldenking562LBC 3 місяці тому

      James is a sell out bitter Carr groupie! 💯😆😆😆

    • @jptyro
      @jptyro 3 місяці тому +4

      @@goldenking562LBCMatt nice to see you watch James review your AFC channel

    • @goldenking562LBC
      @goldenking562LBC 3 місяці тому

      @@jptyro I'm a Raiders fan bitter Carr groupie but nice try! 💯 Smh😆😆😆

    • @jptyro
      @jptyro 3 місяці тому +4

      if you say so. How long have you been a Raider fan. So you stroll all videos about Carr and talk shit about him. He is no longer a Raider. Time to move on. If you think Dak is better than DC sorry for the challenge

    • @goldenking562LBC
      @goldenking562LBC 3 місяці тому

      @@jptyro I'm a Raiders fanatic since birth and I've been proving you bitter Carr groupies wrong since 2017 and as long as you bitter Carr groupies continue invading our fanbase I will continue doing this! 💯 😎

  • @NathanAnderson-f6e
    @NathanAnderson-f6e 3 місяці тому +1

    I don’t think Dak gets us to the Super Bowl, but he is better than Derek Carr for sure. Carr is just not the answer at the QB position for New Orleans

    • @MarcoJordan-v1b
      @MarcoJordan-v1b 2 місяці тому +1

      Yea I would trade dak prescott for derek carr

  • @WhoDatEli
    @WhoDatEli 3 місяці тому

    16:30 you're probably right but I bet he sets the market

    • @jptyro
      @jptyro 3 місяці тому

      The only person who will pay Dak top dollar would be Jones because he thinks all his Cowboys are better than they are. If not he will not get top dollar

    • @WhoDatEli
      @WhoDatEli 3 місяці тому

      @jptyro I don't think he should get paid top dollar but you see the market? Shits wild

  • @akvalues
    @akvalues 3 місяці тому

    ONE GUY IS ON HIS WAT OUT OF THE LEAGUE THE OTHER GUY ALMOST WON THE MVP. DONT ARGUE WITH PEOPLE!!

  • @Adin100
    @Adin100 3 місяці тому

    I wish

    • @dl9232
      @dl9232 3 місяці тому +3

      😂

  • @BrentonBannister-gc2pt
    @BrentonBannister-gc2pt 3 місяці тому +2

    Mid for mid? Never

    • @JamesSkrmetta
      @JamesSkrmetta  3 місяці тому +1

      Not just mid but mid for $55 million a year

    • @BrentonBannister-gc2pt
      @BrentonBannister-gc2pt 3 місяці тому

      @@JamesSkrmetta what do you think of a proposed QB “salary cap”?

  • @mdotnelson
    @mdotnelson 3 місяці тому

    Scrolling these comments just makes me want to get through this carr experience even sooner.

  • @goldenking562LBC
    @goldenking562LBC 3 місяці тому

    Dak is definitely an upgrade over Carrbage however just like Carrbage he won't ever get you to the Superbowl! 💯

  • @4loco457
    @4loco457 3 місяці тому

    Carr apologists james trying to give carr excuses for everything but gives no leeway for anyone else career lol

    • @VisualAFMedia
      @VisualAFMedia 3 місяці тому +5

      Stop drinking 4 locos.

    • @jessegardner134
      @jessegardner134 3 місяці тому +2

      All QB's need a good team to win. It's not Carrs fault that nearly every team he's had was seriously flawed to the point of not being a playoff team. Saints had a bottom 3 run game and OL last season, combined with the literal worst OC in the NFL, and you think a QB was going to be successful with that? Interestingly enough, it was Winston who choked the division and playoffs away, Carr would have actually gotten them there if not for getting injured.
      Yet, here ppl are, complaining about Carr even tho he would have lead a really bad saints offense to the playoffs last year if not for Winston Choking away a 17-0 lead in the 3rd Quarter. Very few QB's could have played well on the saints offense last season. No run game at all, meaning they had to pass, and defenses knew that.