Derek Carr won’t take a pay cut for 2025 but willing to restructure to help the cap

Elvis said
1. I never said he is incapable of not dishing out bad contracts and even acknowledged that I liked a couple of them. But he is very obviously capable of dishing out bad contracts as well. The contract we're talking about right now, Carr's, is one them. We wouldn't even been talking about any of this without the it being structured to handcuff them.

2. Yikes, I've seen you on Rev's show. Lets not make stuff up now.

3. My mistake on missing the "outside of Young" but they did add a bunch of void years on Demario's contract. Not a new player granted, but more pushing cap into the future on a 35 year old player.

1. Yes I understand your frustration w/ the Carr contract. I've acknowledged that, what I'm pointing out is that Carr's contract was given under the guise that we were a QB away from competing at a high level. I think based on the way they handled the 2024 off-season, it was a subtle acknowledgement that Carr didn't open any window. Thus they were limited on spending. Some of the moves we made were a signaling of staying competitive in a weak division, not the "one player away" moves that we've made in previous years. That represents a pivot IMHO and is why I keep shrinking the scope to point out that they have indeed reversed course in how they've done things in the past.

2. I mean I'd give myself a solid 6.3, i think that's above average on the beauty scale.

3. Demario's contract is another example, he's also playing up to it so I'm not as mad at the contract. It's cheap in today's market and he also took a paycut.