You nailed it. The objectional part of this isn't him whining about the contract, it's him basically making it out like Mahomes is letting himself be pushed around. What an absolute asshole.

Mahomes is represented by Leigh ****ing Steinberg, an absolute legend in the industry. And it's going incredibly well as Mahomes will be a billionaire with multiple Super Bowl wins before his career is over. But it's "criminal".

According to overthecap, Pat's cap hits the next few years:

2023: $39.6m
2024: $46.7m
2025: $48.7m

That seems, honestly, perfectly reasonable. A bargain, sure. But not poverty. Look at the cap hits for Jalen Hurts:

2023: $6.1m
2024: $13.6m
2025: $21.8m

Mahomes has the largest cap hit in 2023 (currently).

The reason Mahomes drops like a rock to 7th place in 2024 is because some of these other contracts are insane.

Look at the QB hits for 2024. It's an insane asylum:

1. Rodgers (Jets) $107.6m
2. Watson (Browns) $64m
3. Prescott (Cowboys) $59.5m
4. Murray (Cardinals) $51.9m
5. Stafford (Rams) $49.5m
6. Allen (Bills) $47m
7. Mahomes (Chiefs) $46.7m

The only contract there that's reasonable, aside from Mahomes', is Allen's. And honestly Rodgers is going to have that re-negotiated anyway.

Don't fault the Chiefs for "underpaying" Mahomes -- he's underpaid but these other contracts are criminal.

Also, Florio wants to give Patrick 15 minutes of life advice? Oh my goodness. What a narcissist.

If dogshit had a podcast it would be Mike Florio.

FAX THE OBSERVANT

Florio doesn't seem to understand how much more money Pat makes in endorsements than the rest of these guys, either. I've seen the estimates at about $20 million per year for him. That makes up a lot of ground.

Also, Florio is an insufferable d-bag who wore out his welcome years ago. I appreciated ProFootballTalk back in the day after it was a spin off of the defunct NFLTalk. It has since become pure garbage. Just shut up, Mike. For once in your life, shut up.

Absolutely.

Shouldn't that idiot still be concentrating on railroading Tyreek or other innocent people?

I wonder if that life advice includes any comments about how he needs to take a "cheap-shot" in the Super Bowl because Florio wants the other team to win.

all of us should really stop reading after "florio said...."

Also, because the Rams are dumb enough to pay Stafford $120 mil over 3 years, the Chiefs need to cough up more for their QB? The whole argument is stupid.

Next up, maybe he can teach Chris Jones the finer points of showing everybody your dick at the NFL combine.

We've reached the prophesied part of the Mahomes' contract, where the narrative amongst the media and opposing ans shifts from "you gonna be screwed when you start paying Mahomes $50M/year" to "wow, that deal really is a huge advantage to the Chiefs. They should have to tear it up and pay him top of the market in guaranteed actual cash."

I'm confident a new deal will get done. I've always thought year 5/12 was the first logical "new deal" point, with 7/12 being the drop dead on it. So I'm looking for it for the 2024 league year (after the Chiefs win the SB again, of course). From reading his contract, I think he has $75M in guarantees at that point. I BELIEVE that amount could be rolled into a signing bonus (and doesn't that total hit just about right for a signing bonus?)

You know what's going to be REALLY funny?

When the new deal STILL doesn't have insane guarantees up front, when the new deal LOWERS his 24 cap hit from $47M to something like $30-35M, and when the new deal is still incredibly flexible.

I don't see any way KC is NOT playing 2023 and 2024 with a significant advatage in cap hit of Mahomes vs. his most legitimate peers. It's gonna be gravy.

Haven’t watched it but if that’s the angle, he’s a damned idiot. Mahomes could name his price.

Imagine if a QB signed a contract for 50-60% of the entire salary cap. Anyone think that might piss off a lot of other players on the team? Would the Chiefs be obligated to top that? The more the QB gets, the less the rest of them get. The O-Line might start forgetting to block. Leave enough on the table for everyone to eat and leading the team gets much easier.

Watch. When they do redo his contract, idiots like Florio will pat themselves on the back for shining a light on this injustice, completely missing that was always the plan.