Jalen Hurts gets paid
 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Eagles and Jalen Hurts reached agreement on a five-year, $255 million extension, including $179.304 million guaranteed, per source.<br><br>Hurts becomes the highest-paid player in NFL history in a deal negotiated by Nicole Lynn of Klutch Sports Group and Eagles’ GM Howie Roseman. <a href="https://t.co/DXG0ZWzsGJ">pic.twitter.com/DXG0ZWzsGJ</a></p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1647978465105264640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 17, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Was he pushed over the dotted line

Herbert is now on the clock.

That’s a lot of money to get beat every year by Mahomes.

Good for him.

Lamar is still scratching his butt

Can't wait for Burrow and Herbert get paid too.

Gonna be amazing when those two get paid, those teams are going to hurt

This is a good joke!

That guy needs an agent in the worst way.

That's a lot of cash. Not enough to buy a Super Bowl ring, but still...

Mahomes is going to be paid like a middle of the pack QB in two years and it’s glorious.

He's come a long way since being benched in the championship game.

Nice little runner up pay day. Now they have one year to really push before his contract kicks in.

LMAO

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.

Man, I thought this dude would be a backup at best in the nfl. Dudes earned it. Seems to be really well liked and he played a hell of a game in the Super Bowl. At least unlike Herbert he got to a big game let alone THE big game.

Overall Philly can’t be disappointed other than that they saw us and not cincy in their Super Bowl. It’s going to be hard to build around him but it’s not like Kyler, Russell or dak where you have to do it very reluctantly.

The way Jalen runs the ball, this deal has the potential to look very bad for Philly if/when he gets hurt. Shelling out $51M per year for a guy to miss a bunch of games? The danger is there. Hell, we saw him miss time this season. I am curious to see if they stop calling so many fullback dive plays for him.

I'm in the wrong business.

Could be Joe Flacco 2.0...Ravens signed him to a massive contract after their Super Bowl in 2012 and then became a massive liability for them.

Yeah, I'd be afraid of him running the ball as much for sure.

AAV really doesn't matter. It's the guarantees. And for Patrick, his cash flow is dramatically increased by endorsement deals.

I highly, HIGHLY doubt Mahomes cares about a few million a year. He's just not built that way.

If by 'tougher' you mean 'completely untenable' then I'd agree.

Lamar is absolutely rat-****ed at this point, IMO. He needs to get a deal done. The market is set and he's not a guy that's going to re-set it. The longer this goes on, the worse it gets for everyone involved.

His guaranteed money is way short of what it should have been. But that’s the risk he’s willing to take.

Good for him he earned it.

Yeah, all this talk about Mahomes not caring about money and all that. At some point, he WILL get a new contract.

His stupid ass just needs to take the franchise tag, play a year with OBJ and hire an agent before the next offseason.

Yep, and he'll still make more money each year than those other ****s.

Maybe. But it's effectively a 4 year deal.

He'll have some dents/dings in there but if he's healthy enough to take the ball in January, it's not one of those 6-8 year deals that can really sabotage a team.

Given the QB market, this seems like a fair deal for all sides. I mean its insanely high, but that's the market. But the Eagles have some protection by having it be relatively short term.

There’s gonna be a downside to any expensive qb. He may have higher injury risk but he also might be able to elevate lesser talent with his legs better than, say, herbert. It’s obviously gonna sting for Philly but their fans gotta feel way better about this than Lamar or herbert who can’t even win with the weapons he has.

I also wouldn’t rule out that hurts can have a mid to late career McNabb like career. Unlike Lamar and Kyler we’ve seen him grow as a passer.

It's also irrelevant.

I mean the only way the 'guaranteed' money matters for Mahomes is if his arm gets chopped off. Otherwise he's going to be in Kansas City for as long as he wants to be.

There's no real risk of them cutting him to avoid paying him the last 2 seasons of a deal stuffed with funny money or anything.

Meh, his contract is structured in a manner its basically a series of 1 year guaranteed deals through 2025 after the NFL new league season starts. Its very cost prohibitive to cut him (LMAO as if that's a real risk) so the money is basically locked in the next 3 years.

As O'City said they will give him a raise sometime after 2025.

He has had to stay healthy and not turn into a pumpkin for 3 seasons to get to that point. If he suffered a career ending injury or turned into Wentz in 2020 or 2021, KC would have gotten out of the deal pretty easily.

God his contract is so damn brilliant.

He won’t need a new contract. In 2026 we set for a gigantic pay raise as his base salary. It is a way to pay for inflation LATER. Basically a guaranteed extension and pay raise without needing the hostile negotiations.

The chiefs will turn that into bonus money and it theoretically inflates all the later years of his contract so it gets closer to market value. It also gives mahomes what he wants which is more guaranteed for the back half of his contract. Everyone wins.

Wait, thought we all already knew the massive $$ for Mahomes in 2027 was effectively a 2nd signing bonus built into the contract since they can only go 5 years.

Mahomes has the best agent in Leigh Steinberg, they know what they are doing.

That’s how I see it too

Lamar probably looking at that guarantee and then glancing at Herbert and Burrow saying “go higher!”

The Lamar/Baltimore thing is fascinating, really. Part of me hopes that it blows up in the best way possible for as much drama as possible. The other part of me is just laughing bc Mahomes

I’m in favor of the Ravens having a strong enough team to give the Bengals a very tough time. I want that entire AFC North to make things very difficult on Cincy.

Me too. I want them beating the crap out of each other like Miami and the Bills undoubtedly will. Right now the Bengals are our biggest obstacle with no real rivals. I know we cake walked it but the Chargers are better than anything they go up against it. Could the Browns take a game off them?

I'm sure Mahomes' contract might get adjusted, but he isn't gonna be making noise like he needs the money. None of these other guys even SNIFF the bank he makes in endorsements.

Shit, I bet Burrow, Herbert, Hurts, Allen and whoever else COMBINED don't make what Pat does off the field.

Yet another in the apparently infinite list of reasons why we're so lucky.

So hurts becomes the highest paid superbowl loser in nfl history. The money these players earn for winning the consolation prize...

I'm okay with the Eagles not being able to pay Devonta Smith or having to release AJ Brown down the line.

Not sure why everyone keeps thinking a new contract for Mahomes here soon is such a foregone conclusion. Mahomes knew when he signed that his yearly contract would be eclipsed very quickly and still he signed a 10 year deal. Mahomes also makes a fortune on endorsements and does not need to maximize his salary. He knows that his contract would cripple the team if he was paid his value.

Considering he didn't need to be paid for another year at least you could've seen him after his best year to see how he'd rebound.

Good for him. He seems like a really ****ing good dude.

If I'm a Philly fan, I'm good with it. It will be interesting to see the structure. But I think it's where it needs to be.

I'd rather pay Hurts 50M per than the following:

Rodgers (50)
Wilson (49)
Murray (46
Watson (46)
Stafford (40)
Prescott (40)
Jones (40)
Carr (37.5)

So I think it's a good contract. Risk? Sure. But I'd do it if I were them.

I was beaten to the punch by hit-smack, but Mahomes' endorsements more than make up for what he's not getting in his actual contract. And that's not even mentioning how he's part owner in a MLB franchise, as well. Mahomes is his own ATM machine, really.

What's more amazing is that after Burrow and Herbert get paid, Mahomes will most likely make less yearly than them. In spite of that he will still have more MVPs, SB MVPs, and SB rings than every young "got paid" QB.....combined. We are beyond lucky to have a QB of his caliber with enough selflessness and long term vision to do what is best for the team.

I agree. Seeing the kind of QB he was as a freshman at Alabama to now is unbelieveable. I never thought I would see him as a starting caliber QB in the NFL. He's far exceeded all expectations and he's a high character guy you want as the QB of your team.

Was only posting the numbers to show what a good deal the Chiefs are getting. And the other QB’s will be even more expensive pretty soon.

Not sure I understand. Between Brady and mahomes, how many QBs are gonna be Super Bowl winners? Making it there is a hell of an accomplishment, let alone losing after a stellar performance. I’d be more worried about Herbert and Lamar who can’t even win playoff games.

I wonder how this contract will affect Herbert and Jackson. No way do you give Lamar more guaranteed money that Hurts. Is Herbert worth more AAV than Hurts? I think the only QB who's contract is coming due that you could argue deserves more is Burrow.

Eagles had no choice. Hurts has had only 1 good year and now he's the highest paid ever. Crazy. I would feel more comfortable giving a deal like this to more consistently proven commodities like Herbert and Burrow. And I like Hurts. Not sure I like him at $51 mill per season though.

What has Herbert ever proven? He has a talented arm, but he lacks the killer instinct needed to lead a team. Of all QBs in the league I swear that no one gets more hype for so little.

Production. Herbert is consistently productive and durable. I feel the same way that he lacks killer instinct but again, he is a better QB than Hurts. I wanna see Hurts repeat last season and then he would be "worthy" of this type of contract.

He's not turning into Wentz JFC

I say take him now. He'll only cost more as time goes on.

Who is this Nicole Lynn of Klutch Sports Group, and what is their function?/Lamar Jackson

Which, in turn, is best for Mahomes. No sponsor is going to pay a QB huge endorsement money to watch his team go 9-8 every year because he's sucking up all the cap.

If he doesn't have it now, he definitely won't have it when he signs a 50+ million a year contract. Then he will have to do more with less as he won't have two #1 WRs and a stud, do everything RB. Hurts was so good last year that he was a shoulder injury from winning MVP, or at least making a strong run out of it. Herbert is never even close. I get taking a wait and see approach, but if he is even close to what he was last year he's costing more that $51 million a year.

Goodbye SB dreams Eagle fans. Hurts go the big money and now you will need to him do more with less and he won't. He's not that guy. We have the only guy that can.

Or the O-Line getting blown up as well!

I wonder if they will use void years to deflate the salary cap numbers. Cowboys, Packers, and other teams have been doing this recently.

Best qb in the nfc by far

Definitely wasn’t even considering anything else and how that situation would impact other teams lol. I agree with that sentiment 100%

But from a pure drama standpoint, it would be fun. What I really want is Burrow to want the sun and the moon and the bengals to give it to him

Just curious, but we don't have the details about this deal, right? So we can't really say how team-friendly this contract is yet?