09-06-2023, 03:22 PM
(09-06-2023, 02:07 PM)ochocincos Wrote: It would come down to investing that amount of money for multiple years vs just a single year.
You also have to worry about what others will end up costing too, specifically Chase.
If Higgins gets $23 mill for multiple years, you have to think Chase will want $30+ mill APY, which is what Tyreek Hill has.
And the only WRs to get $23+ mill APY currently are Hill, Adams, Kupp, AJ Brown, Diggs, Metcalf, Deebo, McLaurin.
You have to think Higgins+Chase will be around $50 mill APY together, and Burrow will probably be $50+ mill himself.
So ~$100 mill in just 3 players.
The base salary cap for this year is $225 mill, and it will go up but by how much? It's typically been going up just $5-8 mill each year outside of COVID.
Let's just assume it'd be $250 mill by the time all 3 guys are on the books.
You're gonna invest ~40% of the entire cap to just 3 offensive players, none of which are OL?
If you do that, you better be ready to get real creative on OL and defense outside of a few guys.
And there is talk that the Vikings might make JJ the highest pad nonQB in the league. That would suck bad.