BakoSaint

People who still believe in Carr at this point believe in fairies, fairies who wear way too much eye liner.

The best solution to Carr is to keep him on the roster since he is already paid for, but never put him on the field in play or practice again because the injury risk is too high.

Then in the next offseason give him two choices:

1. Reduce his 2026 salary to $1 million and increase his 2027 salary to $250 million non-guaranteed, which becomes fully guaranteed on March 20. Saints release Carr with a post-June-1 tag, but because he reduced his salary for the current year to $1 million, much of the cap relief is immediate. But because of the $250 million trigger, Carr know that the Saints will cut him, so he doesn't have to worry about being held hostage with the $1 million salary. I can't find exact rules of how everything works but I believe this is legal and would offer ideal cap relief in 2026.

2. If Carr refuses this offer, there is no reason to use the post-June-1 tag on Carr, because unlike past years there is no guarantee to be avoided with the early cut, and there is no immediate cap relief with a post-June-1 tag until its actually June 1, so the Saints wait until its actually after June 1 to cut Carr, which defers much of the dead cap to 2027. Ideally the Saints wait until late August. This effectively ends Carr's career as he misses free agency, training camp, and preseason. This is why Carr would likely have to accept the previous offer.