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

Agree. Something doesn’t seem right here.

Carr comes off as pretty unreasonable if he wanted a trade AND refused to help the team facilitate it.

And the team equally looks unreasonably stubborn if they decided to restructure simply to force him to stay against his wishes.

Maybe the team felt (through conversations) they couldn’t get a decent return (or any return) unless they ate more $? But something isn’t adding up.
He refused to adjust his contract for the Raiders, I could see him doing the same for us. In both cases, his contract had a trigger date for his salary to become fully guaranteed. Maybe he thought he could force his trade/release the same way he did with the Raiders.

I wouldn’t expect him to accept a lesser contract from us to help us get a few picks in a trade.