Update On Burrow's Extension

[007BengalsFan]

(05-22-2023, 02:00 PM)bfine32 Wrote: That's not necessarily (or even generally) true.

For instance, Hurts just signed a 5-year extension. The first year of the extension costs $13.5 Mil against the Cap, the last year of the contract costs $54.1 Mil against it. 

of course contracts can go both up and down depending if you front load them or back load them or whatever other different ways teams move around them.  I was speaking about the cost per year average throughout the contract.  If the Bengals sign Burrow at a 53 million per year average his hit to the cap over the lifetime of the contract is going to be less than paying him 22%-23% where it will do nothing but rise unless you think the NFLs salary cap is going to fall below its current level.   You would be paying Burrow at the top level right now at an average of 51-52 million per year and then raising that average every year.  22%-23% is a horrible idea.