Carr wanted to be traded prior to restructure per NOF and CBSsports

Cajun Chat said
We all heard the possibility that Carr wanted out...here are more details from CBS. They quote Nick Underhill who says "the Saints are in the quarterback business."

The New Orleans Saints restructured Derek Carr's contract this offseason, all but ensuring the quarterback will remain with the team through the 2025 season. That doesn't mean all is well between the two sides. Carr sought a trade before reworking his deal, according to NewOrleans.Football, and his relationship with the Saints remains "tenuous at best" as the club scouts potential quarterbacks of the future.

This comes weeks after previous reports indicated Carr had interest in exploring his value on the open market, though the Saints apparently had no desire to release or trade the veteran. In turn, Carr publicly admitted he would be unwilling to take a pay cut, and the two sides ultimately agreed to redo his four-year, $150 million deal, pushing tens of millions into future seasons.

This will not end well.

Here we go again, these reports and re-reports are all conjecture, speculation and rumor. And none of it has come from Carr's camp.
When a player really wants to be traded , or even if they are saying they want to be traded to get a better contract it comes from the player's camp. See Myles Garrett.

If and it's a big IF DC wanted out of N.O. ( and I wouldn't blame him if he did) then he would have used the half a doz ways to facilitate that trade, pay cut, pay off to lower the cap hit. He could have made up the difference with his new team.

Nick also said in the beginning that most of what they talk about leading up to the draft ends up just being noise.
DC is 34 yrs old if the Saints were NOT in the QB market I would be upset. It's evident, we drafted a QB in the last 2 drafts.

Also, there a few people that think that maybe some of Nick's contacts left with the coaching change . When it comes to inside info he does not seem to be as on as he was in the past.

It's my guess that maybe DC didn't want to take a pay cut and may have said he'd waive his no-trade for the right team. That was before. I'm guessing that after he and CKM had a chance to really talk DC is on board . At least for this yr. I'm sure they will revisit at the end of the yr and take the best action. Really , what do you think DC and the team will do if they win 10-11 games , the NFCS an a playoff game??