10-20-2021, 09:59 PM
(10-20-2021, 04:10 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: I think all of them are going to hurt their team in the long run with these contracts unless the cap starts really cranking up something fierce quickly.
Top 10 QB Cap Hits in 2023
Mahomes: $46.8m
Prescott: $45.5m
Ryan: $43.6m
Watson: $42.4m
Wilson: $40.0m
Allen: $39.8m
Tannehill: $36.6m
Rodgers: $33.2m
Goff: $30.7m
Wentz: $26.2m
How do you build a full team around a $40-46.8m cap hit to 1 player? Even if the cap rises from $182.5m to say... $222.5m by 2023 (back-to-back $20m rises) that's still going to be ~18-21% of your cap space for ONE player.
If Brady chases the most money he can get, the Bucs probably don't have Antonio Brown, Chris Godwin, or Shaquil Barrett this year. You'd think other QBs would look at that and think maybe $30m/yr is enough rather than $40-45, so they could go out and target some extra talent for Ws.
Good point. QB is the most important position, but this isn't the NBA where 1-2 great players can lead a rag tag bunch to a championship. Just look at Brady. He went from looking like he'd end his career throwing a pick six and getting bumped in the first round, to winning a Super Bowl and posting the best numbers of his career.
Even the best ever needs great teammates to look good, and it's tough to do that when your QB takes $50 million in cap.
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