{"id":127025,"date":"2026-02-08T19:51:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T19:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/127025\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T19:51:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T19:51:12","slug":"derek-carr-could-come-out-of-nfl-retirement-in-2026-qb-shakeup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/127025\/","title":{"rendered":"Derek Carr could come out of NFL retirement in 2026 QB shakeup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Derek Carr may have some gas left in the tank.<\/p>\n

The four-time Pro Bowler quarterback shockingly retired last May<\/a> due to a shoulder injury, but could return next season if the \u201cright situation and coaching staff\u201d presents itself, according to NFL.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Carr, who turns 35 in March, forfeited $30 million<\/a> after he suffered a labral tear and damage to the rotator cuff\u00a0in his right shoulder, and elected to retire instead of undergoing surgery.<\/p>\n

\"DerekDerek Carr may come out of retirement next season, according to a report. Charles Wenzelberg\/New York Post<\/p>\n

NFL.com\u2019s report says Carr\u2019s body has responded well to rest and rehabilitation, and that he has faced \u201cno shoulder limitations\u201d as he incorporates throwing into his workout regimen.<\/p>\n

While the 11-year NFL veteran quickly landed a media gig<\/a> after his retirement, he never shut the door on possibly resuming his on-field career.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t say never,\u201d Carr told Dan Patrick last September about possibly coming out of retirement. <\/p>\n

\u201cBecause I\u2019ve learned that when I say never, it usually happens. I think we\u2019ve all probably learned that. For me, I\u2019m training because I love to train. That\u2019s going to be the rest of my life. I love to train.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Bengals were interested in acquiring Carr last season after losing superstar Joe Burrow to a toe turf injury that sidelined him for most of the regular season.<\/p>\n

Carr\u2019s brother, David, later said that uncertainty about Burrow\u2019s return made Derek apprehensive about committing to Cincinnati<\/a> for the full season.<\/p>\n

\u201cDerek would like to be in a situation that obviously is a team that really needs a guy to come in and take em\u2019 [for] the long haul,\u201d the former Giants quarterback said to a local ABC station<\/a>. \u201cThere\u2019s a feeling that maybe Joe Burrow might come back at some point this year \u2014 at least try to come back. <\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know if Derek would feel comfortable being in a situation where say he was to enter in a team situation where the quarterback was hurt and he drove them all the way in, they got into the playoffs, and then he had to go sit on the sidelines.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"NewThe 11-year veteran has suited up for the Raiders and Saints. AP<\/p>\n

The Saints still own Carr\u2019s rights, but likely would not stand in the way of Carr playing elsewhere, especially in the wake of Tyler Shough\u2019s emergence last season, NFL.com added.<\/p>\n

A second-round pick in the 2014 NFL Draft, Carr spent his first nine seasons with the Raiders, establishing himself as a top quarterback in the league.<\/p>\n

After being cut in February 2023, Carr inked a four-year, $150 million contract (with $100 million guaranteed) with the Saints.<\/p>\n

At one point, Carr was reportedly leaning toward signing with the Jets <\/a>before the team ultimately signed four-time MVP Aaron Rodgers.<\/p>\n

In 169 regular-season games, Carr has thrown for 41,245 yards to go with 257 touchdowns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Derek Carr may have some gas left in the tank. The four-time Pro Bowler quarterback shockingly retired last…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127026,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[54915,2679,2682,9,11,430,10,22,11586,319],"class_list":{"0":"post-127025","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-derek-carr","9":"tag-las-vegas-raiders","10":"tag-new-orleans-saints","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-headlines","13":"tag-new-york-jets","14":"tag-new-york-news","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-nfl-playoffs","17":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}