Yikes. ESPN’s staff of NFL Nation reporters collaborated on a simulated offseason focused on quarterbacks around the league, and things didn’t go very well for the New Orleans Saints. ESPN’s Katherine Terrell did a great job of projecting how the Saints might approach various trade candidates and free agents around the league, but more than anything her efforts highlighted how few resources the Saints have to work with this year.
Terrell put together a trade package the Las Vegas Raiders found acceptable for Derek Carr — a combination of third- and fourth-round picks in 2023 — but the move was vetoed by Carr exercising his no-trade clause, allowing him to reach free agency and get a better contract from his choice of teams. Her contract offer for Carr was competitive to those submitted by various teams, but she wasn’t willing to match the money the New York Jets ponied up; a difference of $15 million in guarantees and $10 million per year.
