New Orleans Saints Salary Cap Issues: 5 moves NFC South franchise should make to help Kellen Moore 

#2. Restructure Derek Carr's contract

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Derek Carr regressed in 2024 thanks to injuries and poor play, but he is the only quarterback worth starting for the Saints. Spencer Rattler, who had been expected to be the successor, flopped. And so did Jake Haener.

That leaves the organization in a bind. They have a passer whom the fans are starting to turn on, but his supposed replacements are not that good either. Thus, cutting him would be disastrous for the team's prospects, so Carr will stay, albeit on a pay cut.