Saints head coach Kellen Moore introductory press conference, media updates, February 13, 2025

I honestly don't see why Carr would take a pay cut or agree to waive his no trade clause. The original terms of his contract were fair for him. It was the way that the Saints manage the cap and that we were always going to be forced to kick his base salary in the 2nd year to a bonus that got us in trouble. It was a gamble for us (Dennis Allen) that we lost, but it was a very easy way to get guaranteed cash for him. Right now he's banking on the team being so tight on cash that they'll be forced to guarantee his $30m base rather than do a hard reset of the cap. He may be right about that, but I hope Loomis and Moore take the hit instead of giving in to restructuring him. That is literally the only leverage the team has at this point.
He agreed to waive it for Oakland.

I think approaching him on the paycut is option A. I agree there’s no incentive for him to do it but maybe Moore can coax him into wanting to be part of the offense.

Option B is the trade route, it’s still better than an outright cut only in that both outcomes you pay him to be on another team but w/ trade you can at least get an asset to help the team.

Finally option C is to outright cut him. You get some cash after June 1 but that does nothing to help you pre-draft/pre FA.