This week, news broke that the NFL Players Association is expected to propose major changes to the offseason calendar that would eliminate voluntary organized team activities like the ones that are currently underway this month and last month. But New Orleans Saints quarterback Derek Carr seems to think that would be a mistake.
During a recent appearance on the Green Light podcast with Chris Long, Derek Carr spoke out against the proposed changes as he claimed that it would impact the overall skill of players across the league.
“I think the skill that it takes to play all of our positions would go down because you have less time on task,” Carr said according to Pro Football Talk. “As a quarterback, your timing, your rhythm, your accuracy — All of that in April isn’t at its best. You use these practices, these OTAs to get there. . . . The NFL season’s already long and you’re gonna start it a month earlier, to me that would be hard. There’s so much the young players have to learn where I think OTAs are beneficial.”
Obviously, it’s just a proposal, but it’s clear that Carr has very real concerns about what it could actually do to the game if the changes are approved.
