Underhill: I think everyone involved knows Carr cannot play this year at his current salary

BlackNGoldblood said
Article is three days old but thought Nick brought it at the very bottom of his story on the Saints’ decision with Carr. He prefaced this by saying Carr has a lot riding on this season and reducing his number will allow the Saints to sign more players.

“Here’s the other thing: I don’t think anyone else is going to pay him $30 million. I’m not sure anyone else would pay him $25 million. I don’t know what the exact number is, but there’s a number lower than $40 million and higher than whatever Carr could get on the open market for the two sides to settle at and reach a true win-win compromise. That’s a lot of incentive for Carr to agree to that and stick around. I think both sides can see that.

What I think can’t happen is for Carr to return at his current number, and I think everyone involved knows that, too.” https://neworleans.football/2025/02/27/saints-options-with-keeping-derek-carr

I bolded the critical parts of what Underhill said below:

“Here’s the other thing: I don’t think anyone else is going to pay him $30 million. I’m not sure anyone else would pay him $25 million. I don’t know what the exact number is, but there’s a number lower than $40 million and higher than whatever Carr could get on the open market for the two sides to settle at and reach a true win-win compromise. That’s a lot of incentive for Carr to agree to that and stick around. I think both sides can see that.

What I think can’t happen is for Carr to return at his current number, and I think everyone involved knows that, too.”

This is Underhill stating his opinion. This is not Underhill reporting what the Saints or Carr have actually said.