Gotta Keep Building through FA

[Wes Mantooth]

(10-09-2020, 12:59 PM)Wire22Wire Wrote: Just hope the FO can be as discerning and logical about their initial window w Burrow, and fastest way to being a contender 

This.

I don't think some people realize what an opportunity we have, and how short the window is to fully take advantage of it.

Years 2, 3 and 4 are years where we'll be paying Burrow a fraction of his actual worth.  (He'll carry cap hits of 8.2, 9.8, and 11.5) 

And in year 5, barring an extension, he'll be due the average of the top 10 QB's (That number is currently over 25 million now in 2020, and will only increase)

Chances are, Burrow gets an early extension, so you can almost guarantee that year 5 will be even greater.  And there's a very good chance he may even seen an extension before year 4 too.  Patrick Mahomes, depsite also carrying a 5th year option, got his big pay day after only 3 seasons.

That leaves you with years 2 and 3, as the only sure fire discount seasons.  Now, money can moved around and extensions can be worked in ways to provide long-term discounts and lower cap numbers in the earlier years.  But regardless, we're going to be in a place here very shortl, where those savings have passed.

So now is the time, where you can take all of those savings and spread them out to other positions.  Because once that new deal hits, it's going to take a huge chunk of out of the cap, and really strain spending.

None of this is to say we can't win after a big deal, or that this is the only window.  But you're 100% correct.  This next year, and the year after, provides us with the ability to really be agressive.  These are not the years you want to be conservative in free agency.