Mike Garafolo: Saints are set to make a decision on Derek Carr within the next few weeks; likely to have multiple suitors if released

soggymoss84 said
You don’t wait until June 1 to cut him, you cut him with a June 1 designation.

And yes I restructured those players, you don’t have a choice in it, but if you read I accounted for their restructures taken out of the available cap space in 2026 where we would still have 75+ million available even if we cut all 3 due to being completely done with Carr and not having a penny of his 61 million dollar cap hit on the books.

The issue is you don’t get the cap relief from the designation until after the league year is the point meaning again you have to be cap complaint by march 13th. I know you know this I’m just reiterating.

I just don’t think it’s a good idea to restructure the contracts of your older players who would then be paying after they are retired/gone from the team. It will affect us in 2026 and beyond.