Derek Carr world tour thread (updated with combine visits)

A lot to unpack here.

First, the Carr point is that he’s the best available player at the most important position in the game. And we need to upgrade. I asked who would be better, given the circumstances.

Secondly, you can say all you want that you don’t want Allen or the Saints to fail. But if you’re advocating doing something other than getting the best QB possible, you are selling short their chances. Again, that’s the point.

And finally, it’s been pointed out over and over that “bottoming out” is far from the best option wrt turning around a team. In fact, as much as people don’t want to acknowledge it, there’s likely a better chance of Allen “figuring it out” than there is if the franchise bottoming out and magically finding the right combo of coach and QB later.
I never said anything about bottoming out. I don’t have to wait for my old house to fall apart before fixing it or buying:building a new one.

And getting a mediocre QB for $40 mil, even if he is the “best available “ in your opinion, is not selling the Saints short or hoping for failure.

Instead, refusing to overpay for at best mediocrity at the expense of a possible, better future, is imho, the smart move.

The Saints can just as likely go 9-8, 8-9, or 7-10with Teddy B. or another under $20 mil per year QB. And it’s still just as likely that even with Carr, the Saints still have a worse record in 2023 than in 2022.

Last year the sharps predicted the Saints to be just under .500 and they were right. Even with Carr , I bet they place the under at or below last years. So why destroy your cap for a guy in the upper range of mediocre when you have an HC and OC problem, cap problems, and holes on DL, RB, OL, WR?