Last night should be a clear message to us all that Card is just a limited, pedestrian game manager. And I say that while agreeing with @Thatguy that the deep ball issues aren’t all Card’s fault. Worthy just isn’t seeing them well and there are times when the ball is in his area and he doesn’t even make a play for it. I continue to believe the loss of Neyor has really hurt the potential of this offense in that regard, and it has the secondary effect of allowing the defense to crowd e box, hampering our running game.
That still doesn’t explain why Card isn’t able to hit anything down the field beyond dump offs and WR screens to the sidelines. I tend to agree that he just doesn’t process what’s happening fast enough, or doesn’t trust what he is seeing because he seems hesitant and indecisive. At least he isn’t turning the ball over, which may also explain why he is playing hesitant - he’s too scared of throwing an INT to make a throw into a tighter window.
There’s no point in berating the guy anymore, we know what he is and what he isn’t by this time. Quinn is QB1 by a country mile, and until he gets back, we’re just going to have to hope for gutting out ugly wins like last night.