Before 2025 NFL draftThe news broke that Santos de New Orleans The Derek Carr Campal Marshal was dealing with a shoulder injury that put his status for next season in danger.
Now, after trying a physical injection and rehabilitation, Carr has decided to retire, according to multiple reports.
Ian Raport, from the NFL network, was the first in the news, describes that after the carrot, both a rehabilitation round and an injection, doctors informed him that he would not be 100% until “Another procedure:”
#Saints The QB Derek Car, which fights with a shoulder injury that requires surgery that would knock him out for the 2025 season, is removed, according to experts.
While Carr tried an injection and rehabilitation, he would not allow him to be 100% to another procedure. Both sides continue. pic.twitter.com/shBCQ9NQVW
– Ian Raport (@rapsheet) May 10, 2025
As Raport pointed out In a subsquents publication on social networks, both Carr and Los Santos gain financially of this decision. While retirement means that Carr renounces the guaranteed $ 30 million that expires this year, the Saints will not seek the reimbursement of the bonus of the list of $ 10 million car and the signature bonus.
In a statement shared by the teamThe Saints opened about the injury with which Carr was dealing with. The conformity with the Saints Carr experience pain in his right shoulder when he began to throw again in March, and the tests “objectively determined that Derek suffered a tear Labral and also had significant degenerative changes in his rotator sleeve.”
While surgery was an “option,” doctors told Carr that it was not a guarantee that Derek returned to the level of strength, function and performance of the game to which it was aggression. “
The publication on social networks also included a statement from the field marshal.
“After the reflection of prayer, and in discussion with [my wife] Heather, I decided to retire from the National Football League, “Carr.” For more than 11 years, we have Bone Incredible Blessed, and we are always grateful and humiliated by this experience. It is difficult to find the right words to express our thanks to all teammates, coaches, administration, property, team officials and spend fans who made this trip so special. His unwavering support has meant the world for us. “
The word that Carr’s state for the 2025 season was in danger caused more speculation that the Saints would write a field marshal with him. 9 Select in the NFL 2025 draft. However, New Orleans was in a different direction, adding offensive Tackle Kelvin Banks Jr. in that place.
Instead of adding a field marshal in the first round, New Orleans waited until the second round, taking the Tyler Shegh Marshal out of Louisville at number 40.
Now Shegh is online to compete for the initial work in New Orleans.
