Doug Nussmeier is Offensive Coordinator , Saints officially finalized hire per Underhill
If I had to bet the house, I would bet that Carr will be cut.
https://overthecap.com/player/derek-carr/2975You do realize keeping Carr causes more cap problems down the line. The Saints will have to restructure his 30 million salary this year pushing that down the line on top of last years restructure. It also includes another 10 million dollar roster bonus. So with the 61 million cap hit and restructure and he will have close to 75 million cap hit next year.
https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/player/_/id/14445/derek-carr
I listened to the explanation of Mike Triplett about Carr's salary and the possibility to be cut this year.
To cut Carr, and absorb the cap hit, we would need to re-negotiate almost every single contract of other players. These extensions will slow down the process of rejuvenating the process.
Carr right now is willing to modify his contract, but not to take a pay cut. He also has a no trade clause.
For that reason, I think Carr will stay for 2025, and most likely, to be cut in 2026, when the cap hit is manageable.
This is the problem of how we have been managing the cap, we don't have flexibility to move the best way possible. We are constrained to move according to what we can afford.
It seems we made the right move by hiring the coach, I hope this trends continues and we change the way we draft and the way we handle our money.