When the New Orleans Saints restructured Derek Carr's contract, it signaled that he'd be their starting quarterback for the 2025 season. And yet, there are a lot of trade rumors swirling on social media this Friday.

Veteran NFL draft analyst Todd McShay suggests Derek Carr may still be moved in 2025. But the salary cap math just doesn't check out.

The New Orleans Saints are running it back with Derek Carr for at least another season so it's likely they will need to give him some extra weapons to work with. Despite entering the offseason with some massive salary-cap issues,

While many assumed the New Orleans Saints restructuring Derek Carr's contract essentially guaranteed that Carr will remain New Orleans' starting quarterback for at least one more season, not everyone is convinced that is the case.

The New Orleans Saints are in rough shape, and Derek Carr’s contract isn’t helping. So after a new alteration to Carr's contract, it's now official that the quarterback isn't going anywhere.

The Saints indicated at the NFL combine that they planned to stick with Carr as their quarterback, and now have backed up that decision by converting his contract. #Saints starting QB Derek Carr, after numerous talks with the team about his 2025 compensation,

Saturday's move to create $30.996 million in cap space was the result of the team exercising its absolute contractual right to convert all but $1.255 million of Carr's 2025 compen

But Carr's desire to keep the entire $40 million owed to him this year was well within his right. And frankly, why would he take less? Getting a player to accept a pay cut usually comes down to leverage, and the Saints’ leverage was less than ideal in this situation.

Last season with the Saints, which was his second, Carr played in 10 games where he missed some time due to a hand injury as he threw for 2,145 yards to go along with 15 touchdowns and five interceptions. New Orleans finished with a 5-12 record, which put them at the bottom of the NFC South standings.