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David Carr: Being drafted No. 1 is overrated
- Updated: April 26, 2016
If Jared Goff ends up being the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL Draft on Thursday, he might want to get ready for a big letdown, because apparently, being the top pick in the draft isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
Former Texans quarterback David Carr, who went No. 1 overall to Houston in 2002, recently described what it’s like to be the top pick, and he didn’t sound like someone who was too fond of it.
“Being the first pick is overrated,” Carr told the Dan Patrick Show. “You’re going to a bad team. I had a conversation with Troy Aikman [in 2004]. The Super Bowl was in Houston and he came out for an event and he was like, ‘Hey man, you gotta be ready when you’re team’s ready.’ His team was terrible.”
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