ESPN reports that, before announcing his retirement, Derek Carr contacted other teams. He would've played through injury for them, but not the Saints?

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Did Derek Carr want to split from the Saints before his shocking retirement announcement earlier this month? That’s a theory being floated in a new ESPN report published Friday, which alleged the 34-year-old quarterback “was open to playing for a new team,