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

But you already said that free agency isn't the way to add talent to the team, which I agree with, so what would be the point in creating cap space this year anyway?

And, again, we haven't "maximized our available assets" for a few years now and aren't likely to do it again until we have a franchise QB.

Finally, Carr is better than Rattler, but Rattler will likely greatly improve with an offseason where as Carr is likely to stay the same or regress. And, frankly, the offense last year after all the other injuries didn't really look much better, if better at all, with Carr starting. Just look at the Giants game. The offense looked a lot like it did when Rattler took over due to the Carr injury. And it might not even be Rattler. Maybe they take a shot at Fields or Daniel Jones. Or maybe they draft a young QB that Moore likes.
Why is it automatic that Rattler greatly improves and Carr regresses??? LOL What if CKM get's more out of DC than KK did? And Carr was pretty darn good in the 1st 2 games when we were healthy.

And you want to spend at least 8-10 mil on Jones or Fields eating away at the savings we get from the 6/1 cut of DC