Tee’s market price

[XsandOs]

(02-04-2025, 09:21 PM)007BengalsFan Wrote: The Eagles are paying Hurts 51 million per year.  They are paying AJ Brown 32 million per year.  They are paying Smith 25 million per year.  The total between the QB and his two WRs is 108 million per year.

The Bengals are paying Joe Burrow 55 million per year.  This means the Bengals would have 53 million left to pay Chase and Higgins if comparing to what the Eagles are spending for their QB + top 2 WRs.  The Bengals could give Higgins his 25 million per year which would leave Chase 28 million per year.  You think Chase would go for that to keep the gang together?  Justin Jefferson got 35 million per year.  If you give Chase a better contract at 36 million per year that leaves Tee 17 million per year.  The comparison to the Eagles isnt valid because the Bengals would end up spending several million more on the QB + WR1 +WR2

From ESPN, comparing Hurst and Burrow cap hits:

"And in 2023, the first year each player was eligible for a contract extension, they landed new deals. But while Burrow's contract structure shares similarities to Hurts' structure, there are key differences, according to Roster Management System.

Even though there is a $20 million difference in the value of both five-year extensions, which is less than 8% of the total contract value, the salary cap hits are vastly different. This year, Hurts cost $13.56 million against the Eagles' salary cap, which was 7.3% of the team's total cap space. Burrow, meanwhile, carried a cap charge of $29.7 million, taking up 12.23% of cap room. The cap differences can be attributed to the cash distributed in the first two years of the extension -- $62.1 million for Hurts compared to $111.2 million for Burrow, per OverTheCap.com.
Last year, the Eagles also gave wide receiver DeVonta Smith a contract extension -- three years for $75 million, with nearly $70 million of that guaranteed. However, he also carried a low cap charge in 2024 ($8.12 million, 4.4% of cap space) and received $33.9 million in cash in the first two years.
The combined cap hits for Hurts and Smith equals $21.7 million -- $130,000 cheaper than Tee Higgins' one-year franchise tag that counted against the cap in 2024."


The two dynasties in this century have one common denominator - QBs who take less to help build a winning Team AND ownership who then fully utilize that to maximize their spend everywhere else. Brady did that for years, and Mahomes is doing it now. 
If Joe wants Chase and Tee paid and win games, then he needs to restructure to help that. Don't get on air and talk about concessions and then eat the entire freaking pie. The ownership needs to either get with the times or sell the Team.


Otherwise Burrow and Chase get MVP nods and we are an average Team.