12-29-2023, 06:21 PM
(12-29-2023, 05:39 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: That is true, there is only so much money to work with.
With the advent of Free Agency and the Salary Cap, the NFL has done some great things during my viewing lifetime. It would be nice to see them take things a step further and institute positional salary caps. Not capped in terms of dollars, but as in a percentage of the cap for their respective team. We're now seeing QBs eating 20% and more of a team's salary cap, and the best position players commanding 10-15%, of a number that is supposed to spread across 53 players. With so many front offices becoming adept at cap manipulation and making money seemingly 'disappear', it seems time for the league to go a step further to ensure that level playing field.
When a player like Burrow takes up 55 million and these other QBs taking 50+ million that just leaves less for everyone else on those teams. Im sure the other guys on the Bengals would like to get paid too. When you have one or two guys taking up so much of the salary cap it limits what everyone else can make. The NBA has a max contract so there is no reason the NFL couldnt come up with their own version of a max contract
