re: Saints are embracing a "soft reset"

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In year 3, Carr is traded for an early/mid first round pick

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Carr is not giving you a first. At this point he will be 35 and have a base salary of $50M. Plus, who knows what the cap implications would be to trade him since it's highly unlikely his base salary next year will only be $30M. Plus, you have to deal with the no trade clause which means he gets to decide where he wants to be traded, which will limit your compensation

But even before Mickey gets his hands on kicking the 2025 salary down the road, a trade in 2026 would result in $28.6M in dead money. If they do a restructure similar to what they did this year, that dead money will ballon to over $50M.