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ATLL2112 t1_j8cs2zy wrote

Reply to comment by davisyoung in [Rapoport] Sources: Raiders QB Derek Carr has informed the team he won’t accept a trade to the Saints or any other team. The team is expected to release him and he’ll be a top free agent. by BCLetsRide69

I think this is more about having more options for landing spots. Teams likely not willing to give up much in a trade for him given the circumstances, so there's probably not many suitors currently.

As a FA he can take his pick of any team in search of a competent QB such as NO, NYJ, CAR, HOU, INDY, WAS, TB, ATL. He can probably pick his spot if he's willing to be flexible with his contract.

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Vegas_off_the_Strip t1_j8efp2i wrote

I 100% agree. And at this point I suspect Carr would gladly give up some money to be on a true Superbowl caliber team.

Brady hasn’t been the top paid QB in forever. He basically takes $25m per year and makes sure part of his pay cut goes toward an OLine that keeps him clean every game and that is how he’s simultaneously played games and drawn social security checks.

I think Carr watched Matthew Stafford go from an entire career of “next year is our year” with Detroit to a Super Bowl ring with the Rams and Carr wants to try and change his legacy in the same way.

If I were Carr I would get cut, go to the Jets for $25m and take them to the playoffs. Jetts have an insanely loyal fanbase and that’s a legit NY team. The advertising opportunities would pour in if he just wins the AFC. They have a top 5 defense, tons of young skill players and a good O line and solid coaching.

In two years he would basically be neighbors with McDaniels again when McDaniels is fired and goes back home to be his daddy’s OC in New England.

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ATLL2112 t1_j8efwi8 wrote

Jets definitely seem like a quality landing spot. They might not be SB bound just by adding a competent QB, but if they had one this year, they'd have at least made them playoffs.

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Vegas_off_the_Strip t1_j8eisyq wrote

And if you get the Jetts past the first round of the playoffs 3 or more times you are a Jetts legend. That fanbase is desperate and loyal.

There is nowhere else that Carr has the potential to become a local god in the way he can with the Jetts. Hell, he doesn’t even have to win a SB there. But if he does then he gets statues and babies named after him.

Incidentally, I think this is why Rodgers will want to go there as well. Aaron seems so preoccupied with his ego and his legacy that the chance to be a franchise’s brightest star since Broadway Joe Namath in the 60s & 70s will have a strong appeal to Aaron; and Rodgers probably thinks he would be a bigger star than Joe (he wouldn’t).

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