How many years did keeping Allen and signing Carr set back the team?

It’s going to take about 3 seasons. I think there’s a strong chance they keep DA around for one more season and with a bunch of untradable contracts they’ll compete well enough to not get a top QB in the draft. The only hack would be to stumble backwards into drafting a non-top 3 QB who ends up being amazing. That could shave a year off and set them up to clear those vets off the roster and inject the roster with young cheap talent. The obvious problem is that the saints aren’t great at drafting and if carr gets another season he’ll talk Mickey into burning through future picks to go all in on the 2024 draft and it won’t be for a QB. Honestly it’s just miserable to think about. Our off-season moves are more predictable than our offense. As someone previously mentioned this team refuses to rebuild so all of this would need to happen while also extending more vets with ghost year contracts.