Even if we go ahead and do this, we're still over the cap by $20 mil. We can run it back with Carr but how do we go about getting necessary free agent signings like you were originally saying?
Not trying to argue, genuinely trying to understand your perspective. I can get behind keeping Carr if there's no real negative.
You restructure non-expiring contracts (Granderson, McCoy, etc). I'd make a few cuts (Jamal, Wilson, etc). At that point I'm 10+ mil over the cap. Now you have tons of options, you could clear up to 45+ mil to sign FAs.
I'd go more modest and say clear 20 mil to handle these problems (note qb is not a question mark in this instance). To do that I'll restructure Cam Jordan, just as an example. Note that I'm implying that Carr will be cut in 2026.
2025 Space: 20 mil
2026 Space: 54.5 mil
I had to manually calculate Jordan's escalating void (an extra 14 mil) and cutting Carr (gain 9.5 mil)