Still feels odd to me that we have opened up so much cap space
No I have not seen that one. I’d be very surprised.
I think it's kind of speculation by Breer. I think he's just saying that Carr actually wanted to go and that as long as Carr feels that way, there is a chance the Saints could trade him even after the restructure. It appears that Moore decided he wanted to keep him and did not want to cut or trade him while Carr was more than open to the idea.
I think it's highly unlikely to happen now since Moore does want him and it would be tough to pay a guy $40 million not to play for your team. But, we might be able to get a good draft pick for him since all the new team would have to pay is his base salary for the year and even Underhill said that Carr is willing to waive his no trade clause to play for the right team.
All in all it's a sheetty situation but not for the reasons we might have thought. It's not a good thing paying $40 million to a starting QB that doesn't want to be here. I think Carr for all his faults, is a pro and will play to his potential despite not wanting to be here. But you would obviously rather have a starting QB that wants to be here than not.
And it also turn out that while people were overly nasty about Carr not being here for the Super Bowl and Mardi Gras, it likely was a sign that he wanted to go to a new team.