Still feels odd to me that we have opened up so much cap space

It's the truth, not a story.

Have you ever had to build a staff that relies on an agreement negotiated between two or more parties? If you haven't, then that would explain not understanding the process that Moore, Loomis and Carr had to follow.
No, that’s your speculation of what happened. The talks about Carr at QB likely happened during the interview process as that is a big issue to decide if you want to hire Moore or if Moore wants the job. I do hire people, but I don’t need to hire people to know that. It’s just common sense.