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David Carr: Derek Carr’s free agency will be a ‘long process’

February 21, 2023
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Quarterback Derek Carr was a free agent for a week. The unrestricted free agent market opens in less than three weeks.

Time, as they say, is a waste.

Carr’s brother, David, said Monday on NFL Network that Derek is nonetheless planning to take his time.

“It will be a long processsaid David Carr, via NFL.com. “He wants to do his due diligence and see as many places as possible to get a sense of where he’s going best.”

That’s fine, but his head in the rest of the market will quickly evaporate, especially with Joint Scouting (a/k/a Tampering Central) after only a week. That’s when teams and impending free agents begin to seriously talk turkey.


Carr’s problem is that interested teams already know there will be other options, via agency or free trade. These options, in practice, already exist. (In fact, the manipulation has already begun.)

And for that, and for the same reason Carr takes his time, other teams take their time, too. With a never-before-seen game of musical chairs about to be unleashed, the fact that music started a little early for Carr doesn’t really matter much.

The challenge for every midfielder, including Carr, will be making the right move at the right time. Teams looking for quarterbacks will move to Plan B etc. The total money in the budget will also evaporate quickly.

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