Cap Implications of Keeping and Cutting Derek Carr

Stalwart385 said
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)

If this is the case, it can definitely be viable. But if you go and calculate the differences, you get just under 10 mil through restructuring vets and young building blocks. You can even increase it through resignings. Even if we ignore 2026, I don't understand why planning on moving on from Carr would put us at a serious disadvantage if we determine it's the right move. We will have nearly identical opportunity to sign free agents in both scenarios.