Mahomes 10 year $450M extension
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He may end up the best QB in league history so there's that. He certainly has the tools. Whether it's a lot or not I will leave up to the Chiefs. You are worth whatever someone is willing to pay you.
No I mean how much an NFL team generates in revenue a year. Like did the Chiefs ownership make 200 million profit from the team last year?
I found 2 errors on that page and didn't even try. Forbes keeps it interesting though as revenues are mostly kept private unless a spouse files for divorce from an owner like Jim Irsay for example.
So one player is almost 25% of the salary cap? That leaves an average of $3 million/player for the remaining 52 on the roster (I can't remember if practice squad players count against the cap and ignores 'dead money' cap hits, so $3 million/player is almost assuredly too high). Well, that pretty much cements the fact that KC has about 1-2 years to be good and then it'll be Mahomes and a bunch of players on their rookie contract. No way they can afford to pay many players more than league minimum with that albatross around their neck for the next 10 years. He's awesome and unbelievable but you cannot torpedo the entire team for the sake of one player. Tim Duncan in the NBA, Brady in the NFL, et al, all realized that 'getting paid' can be detrimental to long-term team success.
Good for him but, if it were my team, I wouldn't pay any one player that much dough. It just cripples you for many years to come.
If Dee Ford doesn't forget how to line up correctly two years ago against the Pats, Mahomes probably has two Super Bowl rings now.
The salary cap goes up about $10-$12 million a year. It will be around $250 - $260 million halfway through his contract. As a reds fan, I agree with what you’re saying. They had so much money tied up in Griffey and Larkin (over 50% of their team salary IIRC), so it can be a gamble. With that said, it’s a Quarterback League...they really had no option.
Contract is probably backloaded. He’s not making $45,000,000 this coming year. Probably 60% of that.