We’re back home, and the offseason is rolling. Let’s jump in …
• Derek Carr has found a new home, and there’s plenty we can learn from the deal he landed.
First of all, it’s clear now why the Raiders couldn’t trade him. He was due $75 million over the next two years in Vegas. He’ll get $60 million over the next two in New Orleans. He was due $116.3 million over the next three years in Vegas. He’ll get $100 million over the next three in New Orleans. And so the reason the Raiders couldn’t trade him wasn’t about who he is as a player—it was who he is a player against the contract another team would’ve had to inherit to acquire him.
