Salary Cap going way up

[Lucius Cincinnatus]

(03-04-2024, 03:27 PM)007BengalsFan Wrote: So the team should pay Higgins as much as Evans even though he is not as good just because he is younger?  I would much rather have Evans at 26 million per year than Tee and its not even close.

I don't think you're aware of how contracts work or are structured. It's not necessarily because he is better than Evans. It's because his contract will be longer. When you sign 4-year deals, the last two years of those contracts are often bloated (non-guaranteed money) and reflect the increases in the salary cap. So when you look at AAV, those last couple years will make the contract look larger, or as large as Evans.