Saints could get to $14.61 million under the cap without restructuring Derek Carr, after Saints salary cap potentially increases by $5M

I don’t think moving on from Carr means the team is all in on tanking. It means we’re starting a new chapter with Moore at the helm and we’re going to make the changes he wants to build the team to his liking. The fans want to move on. There’s just no benefit of keeping Carr one more season. The cap implications could be even worse next season if they do decide to trot him out one more year.

For whatever reason the Carr experiment failed here. The team didn’t seem to gel around him and it just feels off. It also could be a stumbling block for Moore as he attempts to rebuild team culture and buy in. If everyone knows Carr is a lame duck this season what does that do to the team? Again it just feels off.

If they do move on I don’t think you can accuse them of tanking if they bring in a QB competition. Maybe they draft a guy like Dart, Milroe or the Syracuse QB to compete with Rattler. They could also bring in a decent vet. There’s options and it’s not waiving the white flag to go ahead and rip the bandaid off.