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The 2020 draft has produced one BILLION in quarterback contracts… and counting:

-Joe Burrow: Five years, $275M
-Tua Tagovailoa: Four years, $212.4M
-Justin Herbert: Five years, $262.5M
-Jordan Love: Big deal incoming
-Jalen Hurts: Five years, $255M

— Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN) July 26, 2024

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They're still listing Mahomes at $45M per year which isn't really accurate in terms of cash flow right now. He's currently getting $265M from 2023 to 2027, or $53M per year for this 5-year period. They're gonna tear up his old contract when they get to 2026 or 2027 and we'll see where it goes from that point.

Below is a list of the cash flow numbers in proper context when you include earlier contract money that is still part of these deals. Burrow, Herbert, & Lawrence still had 2 years of "cheap" rookie money for instance. Goff still had 1 "cheap" year left on his old deal. Tua & Hurts each had one "cheap" year left on their rookie deals, and so forth...

Mahomes - $53M per year ($265M for 5 years)
Lamar - $52M per year ($260M for 5 years)
Goff - $48.1M per year ($240.6M for 5 years)
Tua - $47.1M per year ($235.6M for 5 years)
Burrow - $44.3M per year ($310M for 7 years)
Lawrence - $43.8M per year ($306.6M for 7 years)
Hurts - $43.2M per year ($259.3M for 6 years)
Herbert - $42.3M per year ($296.25M for 7 years)
Allen - $35.57M per year ($284.55M for 8 years)


I would think Josh Allen is gonna demand a raise pretty soon, like Mahomes did. He can easily point to these other contracts and say that he's a more valuable player than some of these other dudes.
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Brock Purdy has to be bricked up

.@AdamSchefter believes that Jordan Love will soon be the richest player in Green Bay Packers franchise history after Tua’s deal got done today �� pic.twitter.com/hcu8x6x7p0

— NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) July 26, 2024

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The entire NFL is stupid with what QBs are getting paid these days.
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this is stupid!

If you are a QB in the NFL and you aren't working your ass off to just be somewhat decent as a starter, you're a dumbass.
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Yeah, it is dumb but got what to have to do to keep their franchise quarterback
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I would say that's true in all pro sports and even college sports. The amount of money flying around is crazy.
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Honestly, if I were Clark Hunt I would consider walking up to Mahomes and offering him a restructure for $60 mill per year just to make a statement. We have the best QB and 2nd place isn't even close.

But the salary cap and probably wouldn't be smart, but I would appreciate the sentiment and it would probably improve morale (not that it's low or anything but still).
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Even though I don't like the idea of the league helping dumb GMs do their jobs, there will eventually be a separate cap for QBs or a limit on the percentage of the cap any one player can be paid.
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Let's hope that day is far off in the future. Let the rest of the teams get bent over while our QB instead chooses to partner with his team and dominate the league.
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I think Patrick is happy with the cash flow in his contract right now. $53M per year is pretty damn good for 2023 to 2027 time period. I am curious to see how Veach wiggles around the cap hits for 2025 to 2027: $66.3 million, $68.7 million, $64.8 million.
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Lol, MIA. Paying Tua $53M/yr for basically Alex Smith without Alex's mobility. Though, I honestly expected them to pay him north of $55M/yr, so I guess they got a bit of a deal here.
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I get what you're saying but those cap hits look like a bargain compared to what these other jabronis are getting :-)
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Fucking idiots.

167 mil means they are stuck with him for at least 3 more years. Ouch.
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