Dennis Allen Fired, Derek Carr's Contract Dilemma in New Orleans

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00:00Let's move over to New Orleans because I think this one is pretty interesting.

00:09Dennis Allen has been fired.

00:11We've got Darren Rizzi in there as an interim, but Derek Carr has a $30 million base salary

00:18guaranteed for injury in 2025.

00:21We may be seeing the same thing that played out with the Giants play out in New Orleans

00:26fairly soon, correct?

00:27Mike, not only that, go back to Derek Carr's last contract with the Raiders.

00:31The exact same thing happened.

00:33He had no money guaranteed for skill or cap.

00:36It was just guaranteed for injury.

00:38So what does that mean?

00:40If Carr, let's say for instance, over the next two games they lose, they're still alive

00:43for wild cards, but let's say they lose and they know they're not going to the playoffs.

00:47He's back to exactly where he was with the Raiders.

00:49They benched him because they were concerned about a debilitating injury where he could

00:53not pass a physical in March.

00:55We're almost there.

00:56You nailed it, Mike.

00:58It's just the same structure as Daniel Jones had, and the Giants were going to have him

01:02as the four-string quarterback, and Daniel Jones is not asked out, so we're looking at

01:06the same exact scenario.

01:07I know some people say, Mike, well, why do agents do these contracts?

01:11Well, they know there's got to be a compromise because you're going to get two years of fully

01:14guaranteed money.

01:15The third year, we'll not have any fully guaranteed money unless they're on our contract by mid-March.

01:21I'm telling you right now, it's almost certain we're headed down the same path.

01:25We know it.

01:26The Saints aren't going to the playoffs.

01:27They did better last week, but the bottom line is they're not going to the playoffs.