Derek Carr, the quarterback for the Saints, recently gained attention after Michael Thomas posted some thought-provoking remarks on social media. Among them was the claim that Carr’s poor throw caused his injury. Thomas departed the game against the Vikings with a knee injury the last time we saw him. Carr responded to the remarks made when he recently appeared on Two G’s in a Pod with James Jones and Amber Theoharis to discuss the season.
Carr began, stating, “Let me start by saying that I adore Mike T. I genuinely do. I cherish him.”
“I don’t know how many years he’s been hurt and not finished the year when I came in, but there was a lot of dissatisfaction there. He had to deal with a lot of irritation, including answering inquiries and the like, and I could see how that could get to you. Thus, when it occurs once again, my goodness, it must be difficult on the heart and mind, as in, “Gosh darn it.”
“To be perfectly honest, James (Jones) knows, and I’m not even sure when it happened, but it definitely wasn’t the best ball. James engaged in play with me. I will not toss a flawless ball one hundred percent of the time. I doubt I threw the best ball at the end of the day. I have no problem with that at all if that’s how he wants to perceive it and how he wants to view it. Additionally, I am aware that when I first entered the facility, Chris Olave was being trained to be the number one player, so all of a sudden, every representative and
Chris reads aloud every time in practice. Given Mike’s status as a celebrity, I can appreciate how difficult it must be for you to cope with the constant chatter about injuries. I can see where the irritation starts to mount, but you’re dealing with now—Chris has grown into a person, and he loves Chris, that’s his guy at Ohio State, all that. I can see how and where all of those things start. However, there were occasions throughout the season when he would become irritated or anything else, and I wouldn’t, you know,
Tweet about it, or give him a call instead. And I would just say, “Look, dude, this is what it is.” We are adult males. We are able to discuss anything. And each time I went there to speak with him, there were moments when I walked up to him, questioned him about something, and said something, and I think that eventually, as his aggravation built up, he stopped loving that. However, I’ve always just made an effort to speak the truth in love, even if occasionally people find it offensive.
“Hopefully, Mike will discover what he’s searching for. I genuinely adore Mike, therefore I hope he achieves all of his goals in life. I didn’t particularly enjoy it at the time. Give me a call, dude. to express all of these thoughts. We seemed to be engaged in some sort of middle school activity. Just talk to me; Mike was quite helpful in doing so, but at that particular time, I just tried to avoid using social media. Man, please try to avoid it; there is so much hate and so much love.”
With Thomas and the Saints taking a new approach this offseason, it has seemed as though the writing has been on the wall, which is consistent with all that Saints News Network has been informed about the circumstances. Thomas had previously gained notoriety through his social media posts. Thomas tweeted during the Lions game early in December, then deleted his account. When queried about it the next day, Dennis Allen responded, “We’ll keep that in house.” I suppose that last night I was made aware of that.”
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