Cap Implications of Keeping and Cutting Derek Carr
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.
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.
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.
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.
You don't have to start a player to evaluate a player. That should clear things up for you.
Here’s my take on the starting to evaluate thing. Your approach is the approach of what a university student excepts to happen once getting their degree. They have the piece of paper but it doesn’t mean they can actually succeed in their chosen industry, that comes with applying the things they learned to get the last piece of paper. In relation to this situation, nothing compared to real live game snaps when it comes to evaluating.
Just as it’s easy to learn something in a book, applying that knowledge is a completely
Different story.
Now circling back to Carr, you mentioned he will be able to give us a playoff window. In your reply to me you said he won with injuries. In the last two years has he beat a team with a winning record? Injuries or not, just because the guy has more experience in the league, doesn’t mean he will be best on the roster this upcoming season. Carr affords purgatory wins, not enough to get to playoffs let alone deep, and just enough to take us out of top 10 draft picks. That’s purgatory to me and 100% there is correlation with him and not making playoffs all these years.
Finally, you did say that it’s not all the QB. The same argument can be applied to someone like Rattler, who was working with some guys picked up from the couch to come in and try and start in the NFL. You can’t say Carr is better than his record because of injuries and in next breath say Rattler hasn’t shown anything, while dealing with same depth issues.
I would make 100% argument that Rattler gives the team a better chance to win based on demeanour alone. Even if it’s just for a year, no matter what happens, this Saints team will be better off in 2026 if we start Rattler or someone other than Carr. It will provide clarity and perspective.
I can’t stress this enough, we need to stop being in denial, the playoff window is CLOSED, until we address our cap, our depth and our QB problem and yes we have a QB problem because it’s severely effecting our cap and he’s a hold over from a previous regime.