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The Saints have their next starting quarterback. The team , the former nine-year Raiders starter, to a four-year deal on Monday. With New Orleans landing QB before the new league year opens for busine s, it is out of the trade and free agency market for the position in the 2023 NFL offseason. It likely also won’t be drafting a potential franchise pa ser in the Rich Hill Jersey draft. Although the Saints are set again for a while after marching on from the post-Drew Brees me s with Jameis Winston, Taysom Hill and Andy Dalton, that leaves teams such as the Jets and Panthers scrambling for a viable veteran starting option. Here’s how Carr’s signing impacts Aaron Rodgers, Lamar Jackson, other available quarterbacks and the teams looking for one: MORE: Getty Images Aaron Rodgers: Jets get more aggre sive? Rodgers looks like he’s down to two options, Corey Seager Jersey and neither is returning to play for the Packers in Green Bay. The Jets were likely working on Carr as a contingency to at least upgrade from Zach Wilson, but now they can shoot for the moon and convince Rodgers to keep playing in the NFL for his offensive confidant Nathaniel Hackett. There’s no reason for New York not to go “all in” with their best shot on Rodgers to succeed where Denver failed. Lamar Jackson: Falcons get more aggre sive? The Buccaneers have a shaky QB situation with Kyle Trask as the top current option post-Tom Brady. The Panthers don’t have one with Sam Darnold as a free agent and Carr off the table. The Saints just cleared up their situation. The Falcons have said they like the potential of Desmond Ridder, but there’s an opening to go after the ceiling and take the division with the QB transitions. GM Terry Fontenot may want to take more attacking action with Jackson on shaky ground on the Ravens. Getty Images Jimmy Garoppolo: Raiders or Texans, for sure Carr ended up with a familiar coach in Allen. There’s no doubt Garoppolo will end Joe Kelly Jersey up in the same situation now leaving San Francisco, either with former Patriots coordinator Josh McDaniels in Las Vegas or with the new 49ers-styled offense under DeMeco Ryans in Houston. He would be the ideal bridge after doing that gig well for Trey Lance. MORE: Geno Smith: Still a good deal for Seahawks The Saints need to give Carr a reasonable deal to make his contract work under the tight salary cap. Smith outplayed Carr with his long-awaited breakout in Seattle’s offense and there’s reason for the team to want to sustain some kind of bargain at the position to load up for a bigger run as a surprise playoff team. (Getty Images) Daniel Jones: Now worth Max Muncy Jersey more to the Giants Jones might actually break the bank out of the Giants’ desperation with Carr not out there as a veteran alternative and not of the other QB options fitting their acquisition strategies. New York is stuck knowing it will be a lot tougher to solve QB should it not re-up Jones. Jacoby Bri sett: Still an underrated bridge Bri sett played very well filling in for Deshaun Watson in Cleveland. For some savings and adequate play to make the most around him, the Jets and the Panthers need to now think about him while they’ Babe Herman Jersey re out of the rookie first-round QB mix as a more bang-for-buck addition than Carr.