Retired Pro Bowl quarterback Derek Carr says multiple teams have reached out about a comeback

Never accidental never, right? At slightest that's what Derek Carr said.

Carr, 35, retired successful May 2025 aft 11 seasons, but the four-time Pro Bowler said that aggregate teams person tried to bring him backmost to the gridiron.

"There were aggregate teams that reached retired to maine this offseason. I won't accidental who oregon how, but they reached retired and was conscionable gauging my involvement connected what I wanted to do. They were good, coagulated shot teams," Carr said during a caller quality connected NFL Network’s "Good Morning Football."

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New Orleans Saints backmost Derek Carr walks connected the tract earlier a crippled against the Las Vegas Raiders astatine Caesars Superdome successful New Orleans, La. (Matthew Hinton/Imagn Images)

Carr didn’t unopen down the anticipation of a return, but said it would instrumentality a "special situation" to travel back.

"I ne'er accidental never, it would instrumentality a peculiar situation," Carr said.

"I deliberation I’m conscionable astatine the constituent wherever I conscionable privation to win. I privation to win," Carr said. "So if I were to bash it, it would person to beryllium a peculiar squad that possibly mislaid idiosyncratic oregon needed somebody, but adjacent then, it's not guaranteed."

Carr said helium is ever grooming and staying successful shape, but is enjoying being a hubby and father.

"I'm having excessively overmuch amusive hanging retired with my wife, hanging retired with my kids, and trying to get bully astatine golf. So it would instrumentality a peculiar deal."

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New Orleans Saints backmost Derek Carr (4) looks to walk the shot during an NFL shot crippled against the New York Giants successful East Rutherford, New Jersey, connected Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger, File)

The Saints signed Carr to a four-year, $150 cardinal declaration successful 2023 and inactive ain his rights, meaning that if helium were to return, a squad would person to get him from the Saints. The Saints, who drafted backmost Tyler Shough successful the 2025 NFL draft, would presumably beryllium consenting to facilitate a commercialized aft Shough impressed.

Even if Carr played past season, helium mightiness not person taken a drawback owed to aggregate enarthrosis injuries. In March 2025, portion Carr was preparing for the season, helium experienced symptom successful his close shoulder.

The Saints announced that aesculapian scans determined that Carr sustained a labral teardrop and had important degenerative changes to his rotator cuff. The team’s aesculapian unit and Carr considered country connected his shoulder, but determination was nary warrant the backmost would person the aforesaid strength, relation and show helium was utilized to.

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New Orleans Saints choky extremity Taysom Hill, left, celebrates a touchdown with backmost Derek Carr (4) successful the 2nd fractional of an NFL shot crippled successful New Orleans, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

In Carr’s past season, helium played 10 games and completed 67.7% of his passes for 2,145 yards with 15 touchdowns and 5 interceptions. The Saints went 5-5 successful his starts.

Carr’s play was chopped abbreviated erstwhile helium sustained a concussion and a near manus wounded connected the aforesaid play against the New York Giants.

In 169 vocation regular play games, Carr has a grounds of 77-92, a 65.1% completion percentage, and has thrown for 41,245 yards with 257 touchdowns and 112 interceptions. He spent 9 seasons with the Las Vegas Raiders and 2 with the Saints.

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