First three pics - roster shaping

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(04-29-2023, 10:02 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: Agreed.  He is the PERFECT complement to Chase, has insane high-point ability, and is a high-character guy.  

People will scream that YOU CANT HAVE THAT MUCH MONEY IN THREE PLAYERS.  Sure you can.   Most teams in the NFL will be the same way.  Now, most teams won't have all three on offense, and maybe not two in the same position, but most teams will have three players taking up $100 million of their cap.

Ravens:  Lamar, Roquan Smith, Ronnie Staley:  $94 million (Note:  they also have $20 million per tied up in Humphry)

Browns:  Watson, Garrett, Ward:  $91 million (Note:  Also paying $20 million per to Amari Cooper)

steelers:  Watt, Fitzpatrick, Johnson:  $65 million (Have a QB on a rookie deal).

Around the NFL teams that have had recent success:

Chiefs:  Mahomes, Jones, Taylor:  $85 million  (Note:  Mahomes at $45 million per now seems like a steal)

Rams:  Stafford, Donald, Cupp:  $95 million

Eagles:  Hurts, Brown, Johnson:  $95 Million

That right there is the most important part. #2 WR shouldn't be replacing an OT or DL in that equation. You can pay 1 weapon because you always need 1 dominate one, but then you pay the QB that huge contract because you expect them to perform with other guys on rookie deals or bargain FA deals.

We somehow went from "Burrow will elevate bad WRs to good and good WRs to great" to "Burrow needs 2 of the 10 highest paid WRs in the NFL" in a span of just a couple years. Mahomes just won the SB with, yes Kelce, but his WRs were Juju, Valdes-Scantling, and Justin Watson. Absolutely keep investing good draft picks in getting new weapons, but you need to be able to move on them when it's time.

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As a side note for Mahomes, predictably the Chiefs are already looking at giving him more money after Burrow and Herbert get their extensions. It won't be $45m/yr soon anymore.