It gets talked about by other fanbases how "lucky" we are to have Mahomes which I've always rejected. Identifying the talent, trading up to draft him and then developing him behind Alex for a year was planned and executed to perfection... there's no luck in that.

However the timing of him entering the league and us paying him and then having, Watson, Kyler, Allen, Hurts, Burrow, Herbert, all being paid after Patrick is pretty lucky. All these guys resetting the market is going to make Patrick's contract look better and better over time...

I think he's now the 6th highest paid QB and probably will be 8th highest paid after Herbert and Burrow get their deals. Plus his guarantee is 1/2 these other guys which gives Chiefs even more flexibility to the deal. Just genius work by all parties and fortunate timing too

I'd imagine his deal gets redone at some point in the near future.

Mahomes deal sure is hurting these other young quarterbacks

This! It will be glorious when their rosters are chopped to accommodate "the franchise" QB! Now $255 million is the floor! :thumb:

I'm not sure Mahomes cares... he's gonna see $450 million over 10 years. Plus the way the contract is structured it gives Chiefs flexibility with cap to push numbers around in the future. He's also making millions off the field every year. Why not just continue chasing history knowing that an extra $50 mil in contract money over time doesn't change your life at all but does make it harder for your team to win? I think Mahomes might understand that.

I don't blame him if he wants more money in the future and he deserves it but I just don't know if he will demand more.

:facepalm:

No he won't. He'll have a new contract by 2026.

He got less guaranteed cash than Kyler Murray. That’s surprising. It also puts Lamar in a tougher spot.

An extra 50 million of the lifetime of said money in his account, would end up being what......250 million? More?

I understand we all want it to be the case, but shit, that's alot of coin.

It can technically be "redone" every year. It's structured in a way to give him somewhat steady cash flow over the 10 years, so he doesn't really have a reason to renegotiate unless he really feels he's underpaid and quite frankly, I don't think that's what motivates Patrick Mahomes.

This was great lol

Can’t wait to see how that psycho Howie structured this one

I'm still trying to guess when this madness will stop. Mahomes half a billion will now be considered normal money for a (just) decent QB.
Off the rails on a crazy train I tell you.

IIRC, there's a year where it makes a pretty good point for them to tear it up and do another one.

EDIT; looks like between 26 and 27

Excluding the final 2 years of Mahomes’ rookie deal, he got $194M of new money in the first 5 years of his 10 year extension. That’s $39M per year, much lower than Jalen’s $51M per year.

This is why the whole "the cap is going up we will be able to afford more guys" stuff isn't the case.

It's all relative. As the cap goes up, salaries go up. The value a QB brings to a franchise is probably more than these guys are getting as well.