Pat Kirwan said he heard Carr didn’t want to do Saints contract restructure

Regarding the cap implications of cutting/trading Carr, the fact he was just paid close to $39M would suggest he’ll be here for this year. But he’s set to make $50M in salary next year, none of it guaranteed, with a $69M cap number, so if/when they cut him next year, even with his dead money it would/will create cap space.

If he’s a pre-June 1 cut in 2026 he’ll add $9M in cap space, even while carrying $59M in dead money (and then off the books in 2027). If he’s cut post-June 1, then he’d create the full $50M in cap space from his salary while carrying $19M in dead space in 2026 with the remaining $40M to hit in 2027, and then off the books in 2028 (this is probably what they’ll do).

As far as moving him this year, any moves before June 1 would mean his $59M in dead money would accelerate, and there’s no way to create that much space, so that obviously wouldn’t happen. But if they were to trade him after June 1 they would create about $1.2M in cap space in 2025, with $40M in dead money to hit in 2026, and off the books in 2027. I’d think that’s still highly unlikely, but may be what his agent is angling for (or what he was wanting to happen before his salary was converted).