Cap Implications of Keeping and Cutting Derek Carr
I just don’t understand your sentiment. What evidence do you have that Carr gives us a playoff window? Not just here but in his entire career? There are a decade of facts that basically prove the odds that he make the playoffs be slim to none.
Wins and losses result from a lot of factors, the play of the QB is just one of those factors. When a player switches teams or gets a new head coach, the past records of the teams they played on is not a reasonable indicator of how they will do with the new team or coach.
Just like playing the best RB, WR, TE and linemen give the team the best chance of winning, playing the best QB on the roster gives the team best chance of winning.
Carr is currently the best QB on the roster. The Saints were able to win games with an injury depleted offense last year when Carr played. They didn't win a single game without him.
So, I think Carr gives the Saints the best chance of having a playoff window this year. What I think is irrelevant, because what Moore thinks is the only thing that matters. Whatever he decides is how it's going to be and that's good enough for me.
Also where are we affording a better QB without freeing up cap space the next couple years?
I'm not concerned at all about cap space. Loomis has demonstrated year in and year out, he is always thinking ahead with his contracts and that he always has options that repeaters and fans don't know that he has.
At the end of the day it sounds like you just simply don’t want to evaluate either back up QB...
I have no problem with the Saints evaluating Haener and Rattler. They'd be remiss if they haven't been evaluating them all this time.
The Saints don't have to starter Haener or Rattler, before they are ready to start, to evaluate them. The idea that they have to start one of them to evaluate them is a flawed assumption. Any logical conclusion founded on that false assumption is logically flawed as well.
...nor do you feel drafting one is worth it.
I don't get caught up in all the draft speculation and prognostication, so I have no problem with the Saints drafting a QB. If they draft one, then they clearly think he was worth the draft pick. That's good enough for me.
Your sentiment seems to be one of not even analyzing the existing depth we have, it’s puzzling for a guy wanting a playoff window.
You don't have to start a player to evaluate a player. That should clear things up for you.