Update On Burrow's Extension

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(04-08-2023, 10:29 PM)Synric Wrote: In his 23 season NFL career Brady only took near top of the NFL QB market in 4 years 2005, 2006, 2010, and 2011 and only was the highest paid QB for 1 year in 2011 before taking a pay cut in 2013...  coincidentally those are also close the years Brady didn't win a super bowl.

No one mentions the decade gap in Brady Superbowls when he was taking no money to when he was taking less money.

Well below HIS market value, not the top of the NFL QB market. He didn't always post the type of stats that would demand top of the NFL QB market money.

Before the 2002 season he was on a <$300k/yr deal that he had another year left on, and he would have been a restricted free agent after that. He had only been in the NFL for 2 years and had 18 career passing TDs. On the other hand he won the SB (but threw 1 total TD in the 3 playoff games). So 4yr/$29.6m ($7.4m/yr) WAS his peak market value at the time. Brett Favre, who had 3 MVPs and a SB win at the time, signed 1 year earlier for $10.15m/yr. 

You can't argue that Brady took "less" with that deal. His name didn't start appearing on All-Pro teams and OPoY votes and start to be the dominant passer until his 6th season as a 28-year-old, after he had already signed extension #2.

Peyton Manning signed his 1st extension after winning his 1st MVP, getting OPoY votes 3 years, being a 1x 1st Team All-Pro and 2x 2nd Team All-Pro.
Tom Brady signed his 2nd extension 3 years before winning his 1st MVP, with no OPoY votes, 0x 1st Team All-Pro, and 1x 2nd Team All-Pro.

I didn't mention the decade gap because I wasn't arguing that him eventually taking less wasn't helpful for winning more SBs. It was. I am arguing that he didn't start taking significantly less than what HE could get until well into his career and isn't a comparable situation to any of these young QBs who have never gotten their first extension yet.