What would a trade sending Derek Carr from the Las Vegas Raiders to the New Orleans Saints look like? ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler cites one league source who says Carr could be moved for a third-round pick, but things are a little more complicated with the Saints involved. For what it’s worth, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that a framework is already in place with both sides having agreed on potential trade compensation.
No team is in the red by a wider margin than New Orleans when it comes to the salary cap, and while they could fit Carr’s hefty salary cap hit on the books by restructuring multiple contracts and letting go of some players, it would be easier if they can talk the Raiders into paying some of his salary to facilitate a trade. That’s a move they pulled a few years ago in trading for cornerback Bradley Roby, with the Houston Texans converting most of his salary into a signing bonus so they would take on a dead money cap hit while getting better draft pick compensation from New Orleans.
