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The New Orleans Saints Campo Marshal Derek Carr, announced his retirement on Saturday.
The 2014 Second Round National Team had been dealing with a shoulder injury that questioned its 2025 season: it lost seven games last year with a brain shock and a fractured hand.
“After the reflection of prayer, and in discussion with Heather, I have decided to retire from the National Football League,” Carr said in a statement.
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The Field Marshal of the New Orleans Saints, Derek Carr (4), leaves the field after the field after an injury during the fourth quarter in the Metlife stadium on December 8, 2024. (Images Vincent Carchietta-Imagn)
“For more than 11 years, we have been incredibly blessed, and we are always grateful and humble for this experience. It is difficult to find the right words to express our thanks to all teammates, coaches, administration, property, team officials and especially fans who made this special trip. His unwavering support has meant the world for us.”
The Saints announced that the injury that Carr suffered in March a tear Labral, and he “also had significant degenerative changes in his rotator sleeve.”
The Saints said that surgery would have endangered the season, and that there would have been a decent possibility that he would not find his old strength.
Derek Carr #4 of Las Vegas Raiders throws a pass in the last quarter against the Pittsburgh Steelers at the Acrisure stadium on December 24, 2022 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Gaelen Morse/Getty Images)
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Carr hangs the tacos after launching for 41,245 yards, 257 touchdowns and 112 interceptions. He was appointed for the Pro Bowl four times, even every year from 2015 to 2017.
The car end in third place in the NFL MVP vote in 2016, but its season was interrupted due to a broken ankle. The then Oakland Raiders were 12-3 while I was under the center of that season.
Due to that injury, Carr played in just a playoff game throughout his career, a 26-19 defeat against the eventual champion of the Super Bowl Cincinnati Bengals in the Round of Commodines of the postseason 2021.
Archive: The Field Marshal of the New Orleans Saints, Derek Carr (4), seeks to pass the ball during a NFL football match against New York giants, December 8, 2024, at East Rutherford, NJ (AP Photo/Adam Hunger, Archive)
Carr spent his first nine seasons with the Raiders before joining the Saints before the 2024 season in a four -year agreement worth $ 150 million, with $ 100 million guaranteed. In 27 games with New Orleans, Carr completed 68.2% of his passes for 6,023 yards, 40 touchdowns and 13 interceptions.
New Orleans selected Tyler Shough from Louisville with the 40th NFL Draft Selection.
