salary cap hell!

Sure but what is the goal now?

As I noted in 2023 Carr was at a discount , this year he costs substantially more. If understand it correctly, the restructuring juts spreads out the pain across more seasons.

Doing that for at best mid tier QB play isn’t likely going to help. What was he last year something like 5 million or so for the season? That’s (close) to a rookie contract or lower level QB money. Teams usually bank on this contracts to build the roster elsewhere.

Now you guys are facing a rising cost at QB. When added with the other contracts that are coming due?

Again you can push them out but that is delaying the inevitable. At some point the bill has to get paid.