Could Derek Carr be a post-June 1 cut?

MG3n2K5 said

I actually covered this possibility. If there is another team willing to pay him 25-30M behind the scenes (like I said unlikely) then he could reduce his salary to something like a $5M guaranteed contract so the Saints can release him as a June 1st cut.

But yeah, without another team in the background being interested that's a no go and I can't see another team agreeing to that before free agency starts. There might be some interest later after teams have struck out in free agency with Darnold or another QB but Carr will already be restructured by then.

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As @Rouxble pointed out, Carr was contract inflexible with LVR. Zero reason to think he helps us.

Carr has a “no trade” clause. The only route would be Carr agreeing to salary being converted to option/roster bonuses and us asking Tenn/NYG if they want a mentor for the rookie QB they draft for a 7th and Carr agreeing to that all before the 3rd day of the league year. That still leaves us 40M and 11M dead cap over the next two years. We can’t cap manage a 40M dead cap hit. Finding great value at QB is a route to winning. Carr isn’t great value. Loomis overpaid with the 20M in roster bonuses and “no trade clause”.