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While the injury is to Carr’s non-throwing hand, this would presumably be a season-ender for the veteran quarterback. It’s been a tough second season for Carr, who has thrown for 2145-15-5 while completing 67.7 percent of his passes. We’ll have more clarity on his injury in the coming days, but we could be looking at Spencer Rattler as the starter for the final four weeks of the season.

Carr had completed 20-of-31 passes for 219 yards, a touchdown, and an interception before he foolishly vaulted into his own teammate, Kevin Austin, on a fourth quarter scramble. He landed as hard as possible, injuring his hand and necessitating a concussion evaluation. Carr wasn’t doing much of anything before the pointless stunt, though his supporting cast is as admittedly as undermanned as possible at the moment. It certainly seems like we are going to see Jake Haener in Week 15 against the Commanders, but nothing is ever that simple for Carr. Either way, the situation has lost all fantasy relevance. Stay tuned.

Carr had an inefficient day, struggling to push the ball downfield in an increasingly banged-up Saints offense. He averaged five yards per attempt, with a flurry of short completions to Alvin Kamara and Taysom Hill. His sole touchdown pass was the longest completion of the day, connecting on a 28-yard score to Marquez Valdes-Scantling. The Saints had a chance to tie on 4th-and-3 late in the fourth quarter but Carr was hit on a throw and the ball fell incomplete to seal the game for the Rams. He’s not the most exciting fantasy play, but Carr will be a top-20 quarterback option Week 14 against the Giants.

Carr had his second straight efficient outing after throwing for 269 yards and two scores last week against Atlanta. He averaged 9.2 yards per attempt in Week 11 following his 10.8 YPA mark in Week 10. Carr targeted Taysom Hill relentlessly in the first half and connected with Marques Valdes Scantling for a 71-yard catch-and-run touchdown. He also hit TE Juwan Johnson for a short score. Carr, who hasn’t thrown an interception since Week 5, has become a reliable superflex option and a decent streaming play in one-QB leagues. He’ll be a top-15 play in Week 12 against a vulnerable Rams defense.

Carr had an 88-yard touchdown throw to Taysom Hill taken off the board on a ticky tack holding call in the first quarter. Carr was accurate on intermediate attempts and connected with Marques Valdes-Scantling on two long gains — one that went for a touchdown. Carr then threw another touchdown to MVS late in the first half. Carr, who has multiple touchdown passes in four of his seven games in 2024, won’t have much fantasy appeal next week against the Browns.

He added “I’m not going down that road.” Rizzi will have to leave that road for Michael Thomas on X: The Everything App. Carr will remain an uninspiring fantasy QB2 against the Falcons in Week 10, but at least he won’t be Spencer Rattler.

Active for the first time since Week 5, Carr was dismal in his return. A first quarter Chris Olave concussion didn’t help, but it was Carr who supplied what turned into a literal hospital ball. (Olave has thankfully been released and is traveling with the team back to New Orleans.) Playing ludicrously conservative football with an admittedly undermanned skill corps, Carr ... well, he lost to the Panthers. No throw was worse than his fourth down, down-field fade on 4th-and-4 with 1:09 remaining. Just ... what? Out of answers as Saints quarterback with Olave unlikely to play in Week 10 against the Falcons, Carr will struggle to crack the top 24 in fantasy.

Carr is good to go after missing three games with the oblique injury. He returns to a team without Rashid Shaheed or rookie wideout Bub Means. The Saints’ offensive line, on the other hand, is trending in the right direction health-wise. Carr’s pace had cooled dramatically before he went down in Week 5, but a date with the Panthers defense should get him back on track in his Week 9 return. He sits at the top of the QB2 ranks this week.

Per head coach Dennis Allen, Carr was on a pitch count at practice but did well and remains on track to play in Week 9 against the Panthers. He told reports earlier in the week that he was optimistic Carr will be able to return on Sunday. Allen also noted that Jake Haener will back him up. If all goes well, Carr will return to a high-end QB2 ranking versus a dreadful Carolina defense. Chris Olave will also vault to the top of the WR2 rankings after topping 100 yards for the first time this year in Week 8.

Carr has missed the last three weeks with the oblique issue, and his return will be a big boost for a flailing Saints outfit that has dropped six in a row. The good news? The Panthers are up next and Carr has already torched them once this season, and New Orleans has generally gotten healthier on offense over the last two weeks. Carr will be a borderline QB1 against a Panthers defense that is one of the worst in the NFL.