Carr has not played since leaving the end of a Week 5 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs with a left oblique strain. It's the longest amount of time he has missed with an injury since breaking his ankle at the end of the 2017 season when he was with the Raiders.

Carr said it was a "slow process" to return but gave credit to the Saints athletic training staff, who he said got him back on the field on the earlier side of the expected timetable to return.