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When Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes signed his current 12-year contract three years ago, he nudged the bar for the highest average per year (APY) by roughly $10 million, to $45 million annually.
Now, with Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson at $52 million per year, Mahomes has fallen $7 million per year behind the highest-paid player in the sport.
Chiefs G.M. Brett Veach already has vowed to address the Mahomes deal after more quarterback contracts are completed. While Veach didn’t delve into any specifics, here’s what reasonably should be expected, based on our conversations with folks aware of the dynamics of the situation.
Expect Mahomes, before the season begins, to once again be the highest-paid player in league history.
The details will be interesting, and subject to differing interpretations. Because Mahomes has nine years left on his current contract, a new-money APY in excess of $52 million per year would be obtained simply by tacking three years and a penny more than $156 million on the back end of the existing deal.
The real question will become the value of the contract from the moment it’s signed. Also relevant to the analysis will be the full guarantee at signing, and the cash flow in the first three years of the revised deal.
In 2020, Mahomes swapped a high APY and a complicated but lucrative guarantee structure for cash flow in the years that were most likely to be affected by the pandemic. Now that those days have come and gone, the cash flow can be boosted in the early years of a revised deal.
Whether big-picture proclamations or devilish details, a new deal is coming for Mahomes, sooner than later. He has more than earned it — and with each new quarterback deal that is done, his own situation becomes more glaring. Look for that to at least be partially rectified in the coming weeks or months.
Ultimately, Mahomes is trying to strike the balance of fair compensation with leaving enough cash behind to have a team that lets him pursue championships and, ultimately, to chase Tom Brady’s all-time record of seven championships. Mahomes needs five to tie, six to win.
While not yet a real threat to Brady, Mahomes isn’t far from making things interesting. And that could be enough to get Brady interested in trying to get to No. 8 before it’s all said and done, just in case.
Originally Posted by InChiefsHeaven:
Chiefs have nothing to worry about. Besides, these other teams have watched every second of film on the Chiefs.
I probably wouldn't care if it was most other teams we were talking about but Anarumo has been a pretty persistent and consistent thorn in Reid and Mahomes' side. Therefore, I personally felt it worth noting regardless of whether the Chiefs are worried about it or not. It's as simple as that. [Reply]
Originally Posted by InChiefsHeaven:
So in the history of the NFL, anytime a key player goes to another team, you're saying that his intimate knowledge of his former team is a really big problem for said former team?
This isn't a movie dude. Chiefs have nothing to worry about. Besides, these other teams have watched every second of film on the Chiefs. Now, he might be able to say which kind of cream cheese Patrick likes on his pre-game bagel, but...
...it's a silly narrative. Former players don't suddenly make it possible for their former teams to lose based on their "inside knowledge". NFL coaches (unless they are stupid) change their shit up all the time.
You could have just said Bill Callahan's name. [Reply]
Lmao, Florio is such a stupid fucking idiot. I bet he started screaming when he saw his answer. The fucking loser should stop covering the NFL. [Reply]
Originally Posted by dlphg9:
Lmao, Florio is such a stupid fucking idiot. I bet he started screaming when he saw his answer. The fucking loser should stop covering the NFL.
He got downright shouty the last time he did a segment on Mahomes' contract (yeah, there have been multiples). You can bet he's going to be a biiiiiiiiiiiig ol bitch on tomorrow's show. [Reply]
Originally Posted by dlphg9:
Lmao, Florio is such a stupid ****ing idiot. I bet he started screaming when he saw his answer. The ****ing loser should stop covering the NFL.
Honestly, the fact that we're discussing him on here means he's winning. [Reply]
Originally Posted by tyecopeland:
Nothing in that said he wasn't going to redo his contract before the season.
Nothing in that says he wants to be the highest paid QB per year either.
Re-doing his contract isn't the problem, we all expect him to work that contract in various ways over the years and starting with this season isn't outside possibilities.
It's the Florio prediction that Mahomes wants to be the highest paid QB per year that is directly countered by Mahomes' own words.
Florio is a butthurt bitch and keeps pounding the table that eventually, someday, the Chiefs are going to start losing because they can't afford Mahomes. People said it about Brady for a decade.
It's the rumblings of a panic-driven idiot who has nothing else to lean on when staring down the barrel of a dynasty [Reply]
Originally Posted by Kiimosabi:
Nothing in that says he wants to be the highest paid QB per year either.
Re-doing his contract isn't the problem, we all expect him to work that contract in various ways over the years and starting with this season isn't outside possibilities.
It's the Florio prediction that Mahomes wants to be the highest paid QB per year that is directly countered by Mahomes' own words.
Florio is a butthurt bitch and keeps pounding the table the eventually, someday, the Chiefs are going to start losing because they can't afford Mahomes. People said it about Brady for a decade.
It's the rumblings of a panic-driven idiot who has nothing else to lean on when staring down the barrel of a dynasty
Did they? To be honest I never remember hearing about it. Could just be bad memory on my part. [Reply]
