My thoughts:
The part where he says there’s still contract stuff to figure out is key. Saints will want Carr to take a paycut, Carr won’t take a paycut. There is a scenario where he still gets traded/released with the team saying they wanted tk negotiate a reworked contract but couldn’t come to terms. Another scenario is a a reworked deal where we give him the 40 million this year but drop the salary to the 15 million range and have the rest as an automatic void 2026 salary guarantee. Carr doesn’t take a paycut and the team gets the salary cap relief. Also still leaves the door open for him to be traded by the deadline.