Cap Implications of Keeping and Cutting Derek Carr

Stalwart385 said
You are too hung up on Carr. The hamstrung part isn't having the player or not. The hamstrung part is being able to operate your team without cap space. 10 mil is not worth hamstringing your team in 2025. You'll have to throw Rattler into the fire without a decent backup QB and with out team to support him because you couldn't afford it.

I'm not hung up on Carr. I am hung up with paying him $30m in new money that we immediately have to kick the can on when he isn't going to be the future of this team. Carr was DA's chosen guy and he isn't going to be Kellen Moore's chosen guy at 35 years old and nearing the end of his career.

I'm also hung up with saddling Moore with what's left of Payton and DA's roster in general. A roster that can't stay healthy, is over priced and old. My plan is the quickest way to clearing that out and allowing Moore to choose the players he wants without having to worry about cap implications of old former star players.

Back to QB though. I know your opinion of Rattler isn't high, but I think he shows promise and I'm not alone. Plenty of young QBs start for bad teams as rookies and Rattler will have the benefit of having played in 7 NFL games prior to the start of the 2025 season. All but one of the teams he played against in 2024 were playoff teams and he had to do that with nobody around him. And while playing those games, he made some great throws, extended plays with his legs and looked calm the entire time. 3 of the 5 teams Carr won games against are picking before us in this years draft and not a single one made the playoffs. It's not as cut and dry as you make it out to be.