Could Derek Carr be a post-June 1 cut?

MG3n2K5 said

The theory is he would do it to help himself get in a better situation, not help the Saints out. But like I said they'd need to be another team out there willing to cover his base salary (BEFORE FREE AGENCY START), very unlikely.

I don't see any situation where Carr helps facilitate a trade for even a 7th round pick.

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There is no better situation than NoLa for Carr. There is no team that would pay him 40M while offering a better chance to win. No other team is so cap strapped they can't just release him. NYG and Tenn are drafting QBs. Jets will either roll Rodgers or release prior to his 2025 35M option due while eating 49M in dead cap. Cleveland is stuck with Watson. Raiders already dumped him. I expect both the Raiders and Jets to try to trade for McCarthy and the other will scrap the barrel. We can't post-June 1 release him because we have to restructure him to get cap compliant and he has zero incentive to help. His entire 40M guarantees on the 3rd day of the year.

We will roll 20M+ of Carr's salary to next year. In 2026 we will post-June 1 release or extend. I think ML's plan is bluff a release in 2026 while offering a 30M 1/yr extension (10M pay cut) while hoping the cap outgrows our mismanagement.