NEW YORK — It appears Derek Carr isn’t in any hurry to find a new NFL home after he was recently released by the Raiders.
Carr, who the Jets hosted on a free-agent visit last weekend, will take his time and talk to as many teams as possible, according to his older brother, David.
David Carr, a former NFL quarterback and now an analyst on the NFL Network, says his younger brother will be taking things slow.
“He had a great trip, but it’s honestly going to be a long process, though,” David Carr said on Monday. “He really only has the Saints, the Raiders and the Jets to kind of compare those three places. So he wants to do his due diligence and see as many places as he can to get a feel for what the best place for him will be.”
The Saints were the four-time Pro Bowler’s first stop on his offseason tour.
Unlike other impending free agents who must wait until the beginning of the new league year on March 15, Carr is free to sign with any team. The Raiders released him on Feb. 14 after declining to waive his no-trade clause and before a deadline that would have guaranteed him $40.4 million in future salary under his previous contract.
Las Vegas benched Carr for the final two games of the 2022 season, which set the wheels in motion for his eventual release.
PANTHERS: Coach Frank Reich said he plans to be the team’s offensive play-caller – at least for now.
Reich, who called plays the past four seasons as head coach of the Indianapolis Colts, said it’s something he feels comfortable doing and enjoys, but that he eventually plans on handing the role over to offensive coordinator Thomas Brown.
When that will be, he doesn’t know.
“I know that is going to be hard,” Reich said. “I’ve laughed with Thomas about that already, saying `I’m going to pass it off at some point, I don’t know when.’ There will be a time and a place and I think that will become apparent when that is.”
Still, Reich added he will “lean heavy” on Brown for his input on play-calling.
Brown, who spent the 2022 season as the assistant head coach/tight ends coach for the Los Angeles Rams, is one of the few assistants Reich hired that he didn’t have a previously relationship with in the league.
BROWNS: Special teams coordinator Mike Priefer was fired following four seasons of inconsistency and numerous breakdowns by his units.
The move came six weeks after Coach Kevin Stefanski fired defensive coordinator Joe Woods following a 7-10 season.
Priefer spent three seasons on Stefanski’s staff and filled in for him when the coach had COVID-19 and missed the Browns’ wild-card win over Pittsburgh in the 2020 season.
TITANS: The Tennessee Titans hired Justin Outten as their new running backs coach and run game coordinator.
Outten joins Tennessee after spending last season as offensive coordinator for Denver and takes over with Tony Dews now coaching tight ends.
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