QB · Free agent
NA · Personal. Sleeper player record updated Aug 11, 4:40 PM UTC.
Structured status · higher confidence · This signal is more than seven days old and may be stale.Derek Carr is a 35-year-old quarterback in FairPlay's depth tier at rank #229, with a value of 1,478. Derek Carr has an NFL identity match, but no 2026 weekly usage row. Confirm current roster and usage coverage before assigning lineup value. No usable weekly workload is available. The roster snapshot lists Active, which is an administrative status and not a promise of future volume.
Generated from FairPlay and nflverse data · Reviewed November 6, 2026 · Editorial policyFairPlay's elite market proxy (92) is above its usable production input (79). This is a FairPlay input comparison, not a verified external ADP or market price. market proxy is elite; production is the next strongest input. roster status is very low, which keeps the recommendation conditional.
The model identity is present, but a current-season workload is not established. Check roster confirmation and usable current-season usage or snap evidence before treating a model ranking as a playable NFL role.
The same player can require a different decision depending on your competitive window and the liquidity of the return.
A contender should keep or acquire Derek Carr only when the available usage does not yet prove a weekly lineup edge and the roster still retains enough playable Superflex access. Do not pay the market-proxy premium without accepting the production gap.
A rebuilder should shop Derek Carr for draft liquidity or a younger asset when another roster values the current tier more than the remaining career window. the missing weekly match is a reason to set a bounded price, not to wait for an invented future role.
FairPlay values Derek Carr at 1,478. FairPlay's market proxy sits ahead of its production input by 13 points. Treat that as a model comparison, not a verified ADP or trade price.
Derek Carr has no matched row in the 2026 nflverse weekly file. FairPlay does not turn that absence into zero usage or a role forecast.
The current nflverse weekly file contains no row for this player. FairPlay treats that absence as a limitation, not as zero usage.
FairPlay's elite market proxy (92) is above its usable production input (79). This is a FairPlay input comparison, not a verified external ADP or market price.
FairPlay value 1,478 · Overall rank #229 · Market proxy 92 · Historical production input 79These are negotiation scenarios calibrated to the current FairPlay tier, not promises that every league will price the assets identically.
Derek Carr: hold or shop decision
Because there is no matched NFL usage row, this page does not turn the missing sample into a sell signal or a player-for-player quote. Use the model value as one input, then compare any offer in the calculator.
No trade quote proposed for Derek Carr
FairPlay does not have verified external market pricing here. Use the calculator to compare the current model value with a roster-specific alternative, but do not treat this page as an outside-market quote.
Derek Carr has an NFL identity match, but no 2026 weekly usage row. Confirm current roster and usage coverage before assigning lineup value. FairPlay's strongest scored input is market proxy (92), while roster status is the main limitation. The usage record can test that read but cannot verify an external price or future outcome.
A matched current-season nflverse row with actual attempt volume and passing efficiency would replace part of Derek Carr's current evidence boundary; it would not establish a first career appearance. Separately, a material roster status change or a different market-proxy/production-model gap would require a new FairPlay read.
Derek Carr is age 35, with a career-window input score of 59/100 for QBs.
The search-rank proxy is 92/100 and the historical NFL production input is 79/100. These are separate model inputs, not verified trade prices or current-season performance.
Historical production, opportunity and efficiency are normalized within the QB statistical group. The market proxy uses the full player pool; career-window and draft-capital inputs use their own scales.
Normalized model input scores, not probabilities. The production model uses completed 2020–2025 NFL seasons. The current-season usage file is a separate evidence layer. The career-window and draft-capital scales are not empirical percentiles.
Sleeper search-rank proxy is the strongest part of Derek Carr’s current profile at 92/100. Career-window input is the clearest source of downside at 59/100. For trade decisions, compare that strength-and-risk mix with your roster timeline rather than relying on the overall value alone.
Comparable values to guide your offers.
Start with Derek Carr in the dedicated Superflex calculator, then add the other side of the offer.