Saints Cap Moves: Derek Carr restructured, Erik McCoy restructured; J. Williams released; cap space is at -$8,543,537
I think if he’s good in the new system, you work to give him a reasonable 1 to 2 year extension to buy yourself a little more bridge QB time. If he’s bad, you cut him with a 6/1 designation and go all-in on a new passer in the draft or next year’s free agency/trade period.
What’s defined as “good” or “bad” will need to be evaluated by the team, in conjunction with the team results.
I agree with this but an argument can be made that he'll never do enough to justify extending him and his over-rated salary onto more caps, which extends out the nasty dead cap.
The key to gold in the NFL is to get a QB on a first contract so you really can spend big money on lines, weapons, and defense. If you don't have that and you're playing pocket pool with a vet with a known mid-ceiling, then well you're just playing pocket pool, on the field and on the cap.
Fazende's article was net zero. Nothing new, didn't move the needle. But he feels bad for Derek's hurt fees fees.
A Dallas radio guy I like explained fan hate well.
He said that when the team is not winning, then they want to blame someone. They can blame Owner, GM, Head Coach/coordinators, or QB.
With the Saints, we're not hating the owner. Some blame the GM but that gets people rising up in GM's defense.
Owner blamed the coach and fired him so coach is out of the picture.
That leaves the enigmatic poster child of the Dennis Allen era, Derek Carr.