Ranking Saints' Derek Carr among NFC quarterback landscape

#5 NFC Quarterback: Derek Carr - New Orleans Saints

The Saints have a top-five quarterback in the conference with Derek Carr.

Sure, he may not have a playoff win yet, but in 2016 he was having an MVP-caliber season with the Raiders before suffering a season-ending injury. Carr is a quarterback that needs a supporting cast, and the Saints should be able to give him one.

The Saints also have a defense, and a good one at that. With the Raiders, Carr had a top-20 defense one time, and they were ranked 19th. Carr gets perhaps an unnecessary amount of hate, and it has to do with his lack of team success.

The fact of the matter is though, Carr is one of the better leaders of men you'll find, especially during the circus that was rolling through Las Vegas at the end of the second John Gruden-era.

Carr has an excellent chance to show what he can really do, and if the Saints are fortunate enough to host a playoff game in the Superdome thanks to their weak division, then the sky is the limit. The fact that he's starting his tenure in the Big Easy as a top-five quarterback in the conference should have Saints fans feeling exciting.