My guess is he wasn't confident in the OL yet

We saw the same last year on the road at Miami but at least then it made sense since it was Carr's first career start.

I think he saw the OL getting worked in the first half and then once it finally stabilized in the second half, he decided to just lean on the run and short passing game before going back to work this week.

If we see the same against Rice, I will be more concerned.