I've been saying that they should tie his salary to a % of the cap. That way he's always the highest paid QB in case QB salaries rocket up in the new CBA or in 2-3 years the NFL goes full exception for the QB salary.

But, if shit happens and the cap goes down for whatever reason, he still gets last years higher salary guaranteed.


Like the common consensus, I agree, both parties are waiting until the new TV deals are done.

Wonder if that’s the plan with Jones as well. Wait until this all settles down (before July 15th) and go from there.

Well, that's a bit different because the most of the TV contracts expire in 2022, save for MNF, which expires in 2021. But once they're set, the NFL and NFLPA will have a very good idea about the yearly Salary Cap figures moving forward, so they'll be able to negotiate and adjust player's contracts accordingly.

The Chiefs had a truncated offseason due to the Super Bowl and with the virus causing issues, haven't needed to focus on Jones because the deadline to negotiate is still 10 weeks away.

So no extension this year? Does he get more money this year? Or just the 25 in 2021?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The hope is for a deal to be done before camp starts. Whenever that is. <a href="https://t.co/25BcDN87bL">https://t.co/25BcDN87bL</a></p>&mdash; James Palmer (@JamesPalmerTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/JamesPalmerTV/status/1255882320109875203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I don't want what you are on.

Agreed, Mahomes value will never be higher than it is right NOW!

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But, but, but, Andy Dalton is available and then we can sign a high end Center/ Carl Petersons & Scott Piolis love child

Hi, dumbass checking in...what exactly IS the 5th year option, what does it mean? You basically just wait till he's in his 5th year to do a deal? Why is that an option?

I'm so ****ing dumb...

Its a deadline in the CBA. If they didn't do the 5th year option, Mahomes is a FA at the end of this season. Bookkeeping thing.

No worries. No one has reported or even rumor mongered anything but that both the Chiefs and Mahomes want a long term contract.

I'm not an expert, but the gist is...

Players drafted in rounds two or lower have a max length of their first contract of four years. Contracts for first rounders include an option where the team can extend it to a fifth year without any other negotiation. The formula for the salary is a weird formula based on where they were picked. It's kind of like the franchise tag - it's a big payday for the player, but it's only good for a year.

Functionally, this means that Pat will play for the Chiefs next year on a high, but not record breaking contract. I'm not 100% clear on whether we can now cancel the fifth-year and replace it with a different contract. I think the answer is yes, but there might be some other weird stuff with it.

In short, this doesn't matter that much, but it makes 100% sure that he's not gonna be a free agent after 2020-21.

I would ask if you're joking/trolling, but I remember your "Does Moore stay in at QB even after Mahomes returns" (or something similarly worded) thread.

wut?:stupid:

For what it's worth, Spotrac has the value of Pat's contract in 2021-22 as $24,837,000 due to the fifth-year option.