NFL teamEli Manning and the NFL team New York Giants have a new backup quarterback. David Carr signed Wednesday in a move that gives the Super Bowl champions an experienced backup who like Manning was a No. 1 pick overall.
Taken first by NFL team Houston in the 2002 Draft, Carr's career has faltered in recent seasons. He was released by the Texans after the 2006 season and signed a two-year, $6 million deal last year with the NFL team Carolina Panthers.
The NFL team Panthers released him after this past season.
Carr had a 58.3 passer rating with just three touchdown passes and five interceptions after replacing the injured Jake Delhomme. Carr was eventually replaced by 44-year-old Vinny Testaverde and then undrafted rookie Matt Moore.
Carr will compete with Anthony Wright and Jared Lorenzen for the backup job to Manning, the No. 1 overall NFL team pick in 2004.
The former Fresno State product has played in 82 career games with 79 starts. He started all 16 games four times in his five seasons with the NFL team Texans, including the last three.
Careerwise, Carr has completed 1,316 of 2,206 passes for 14,026 yards, 62 touchdowns and 70 interceptions. His career passer rating is 74.4. He has been sacked 262 times, including a record 76 for 411 yards in losses as a NFL team rookie in '04.
Joining the NFL team Giants will reunite Carr with quarterbacks coach Chris Palmer, his offensive coordinator in his first four years in Houston.
"I'm excited to meet up with Chris again," Carr said. "That's really the main reason I came up here to the NFL team Giants. He has the best feel for what I'm doing. He knows what's best as far as what my mechanics should be when I throw the football."
NFL team Giants coach Tom Coughlin called Carr a talented, athletic player.