Saints Cap Moves: $17,486,663 cap space ….. 7 restructures, 2 voids re-signed, 1 paycut, 1 release

I think "explore the market" means he wanted to see what his market value was before actually renegotiating the contract, similar to what Stafford and the Rams did. I don't think it necessarily means Carr wanted to leave the team. He might have wanted to leave, but he might have just wanted to find out his market value before doing a new contract.
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he was never going to get the majority of the fan base to like him. They showed that when they ridiculed him the day he drove into the city and took the kids to Chipotle for dinner.