Last month, retired quarterback Derek Carr stated he’d return to football for an opportunity to play with a Super Bowl contender.
As of Scouting Combine week, the Saints hadn’t heard from any group concerning a possible commerce for Carr’s contract rights. Through the primary week of free company, we’re instructed, the Saints still have not gotten any inquiries.
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In the interim, loads of groups with wants on the quarterback place have crammed them, from the Dolphins (Malik Willis) to the Jets (Geno Smith) to the Vikings (Kyler Murray) to the Falcons (Tua Tagovailoa).
With the Raiders presumably ready to make Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza the No. 1 total choose within the draft, solely two groups at the moment have a gap within the QB1 spot: the Steelers and the Cardinals.
The Cardinals, with all due respect, aren’t a Super Bowl contender. The Steelers arguably aren’t, both. In a wide-open AFC, they could possibly be.
Carr turns into a possible choice in Pittsburgh if Aaron Rodgers decides to not play for the Steelers once more in 2026, and if they do not land Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson within the first spherical of the draft. (Some in league circles assume the Steelers will take him if he is on the board when Pittsburgh makes the twenty first total choose.)
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For now, there are no takers for Carr, if he have been to unretire. Injuries might change that; if a starter on a contender suffers a critical harm earlier than the commerce deadline, Carr turns into a possible various to the subsequent man up on the depth chart.