It isn't black and white. Regardless of what Kellen Moore said in his press conference about wanting to compete in 2025, this has the makings of a rebuild. No team actually announces a rebuild, the message is always "compete".
If this team were locked and loaded, coming off of a prime season that ended in disappointing fashion, and we now have a head coach who is capable of getting us over the hump? Yes, we absolutely keep Carr because it makes sense.
But the reality is we're coming off of a horrible season and this is a roster, and whether folks want to admit it or not, that needs to be rebuilt.
With or without Carr, this team is at least 2-3 years out from making serious noise. I don't think it makes a ton of sense to run it back with a quarterback who has already peaked, and is likely to be on the downward slope of his career by the team that this team is ready to compete (assuming we draft well.)
I'd much rather avoid the restructure of our very old and underperforming vets (Davis, Jordan, Mathieu) and rip the quarterback band-aid off now instead of later. Even if it restricts what we do in FA this year. I don't see a real need to spenders in year 1 anyway for the reasons mentioned above. At that point it doesn't matter what we do at quarterback. The no brainer would be to see what Kellen thinks Rattler, since he's shown flashes and has the arm talent. If he doesn't show it, we're in a prime position to land a guy next year to hopefully build around.
It doesn't have to look pretty in year 1. Dan Campbell went 3-13 in his first year in Detroit. Even in a down year, there can be a lot of things to build on.
There's a good chance that the people in charge feel differently, but if you're wondering why there's a large portion of people wanting to cut ties with Carr now instead of later, the above is why I'm for it from strictly a football and roster building standpoint.