{"id":41364,"date":"2025-05-11T10:06:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T10:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/41364\/"},"modified":"2025-05-11T10:06:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T10:06:14","slug":"breaking-derek-carr-is-retiring-from-the-nfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/41364\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Derek Carr is retiring from the NFL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nick_underhill\/status\/1921213248226951503\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:NewOrleans.Fotoball&#039;s Nick Underhill first reported;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">NewOrleans.Fotoball&#8217;s Nick Underhill first reported<\/a> that <a data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-orleans-saints\/350\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New Orleans Saints;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">New Orleans Saints<\/a> quarterback Derek Carr is retiring from the NFL in the wake of his injured throwing shoulder, which was <a data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/saints\/status\/1921214623396639224?s=46\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:confirmed by an announcement from the team;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">confirmed by an announcement from the team<\/a>. Underhill adds that Carr explored all options to return to the field, including another surgery on the same arm he&#8217;s had work done on before, but instead is hanging up his cleats.<\/p>\n<p>Expect the Saints to formally process Carr&#8217;s retirement after June 1 when they can maximize the salary cap benefits, but either way they&#8217;ll get cap relief. Carr signed a four-year, $150 million contract with the Saints in 2023 but ultimately played just two seasons in New Orleans before calling it a career.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the way anyone thought it would play out, but it does allow Carr and the Saints to go their separate ways. Rookie second-round pick Tyler Shough is in the driver&#8217;s seat to start when the season kicks off in September.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Saints Wire: <a data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/saintswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/saints\/2025\/05\/10\/derek-carr-retires-saints-salary-cap-raiders-qb-news\/83540903007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Breaking: Former Saints, Raiders QB Derek Carr retiring from the NFL;cpos:4;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Breaking: Former Saints, Raiders QB Derek Carr retiring from the NFL<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NewOrleans.Fotoball&#8217;s Nick Underhill first reported that New Orleans Saints quarterback Derek Carr is retiring from the NFL in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41365,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[496,7,896,55,6,3697,283],"class_list":{"0":"post-41364","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-derek-carr","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-new-orleans","11":"tag-new-orleans-saints","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-nick-underhill","14":"tag-tyler-shough"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114488644962179408","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}