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The road best travelled: how do you groom a top pick into a franchise quarterback? Ask David Carr, whose journey--though still in progress--provides answers.(NFL)

The Sporting News

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David Carr has 140 reminders of what it is like to be a franchise quarterback in development. That's how many times he has been dumped, whacked and run over in his first three NFL seasons--and we are talking only sacks here, not all the other occasions in which his body has been involuntarily grounded by gleeful adversaries. He has more unpleasant memories, too--just 16 wins and forgotten plays and boos from Texans fans no longer patient with his maturation process.

You want to know what the 49ers face if they use the draft's first pick on Aaron Rodgers of California or Alex Smith of Utah? Ask David Carr, the first player selected in the 2002 draft. The 49ers ...

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