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Originally Posted by Hammock Parties
So actually it's going to be interesting...Tyreek and Mahomes are both going to command max contracts.
Can we afford both?
I guess if the Falcons can afford Ryan and Jones we oughta.
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I don't care what that dipshit Gruden says - a modern NFL cap can squeeze in 2 'top of the scale' players.
It's harder to do when one of them is the QB, but it's not impossible.
Realistically you're looking at a 'market' Mahomes making about 15% of your cap (remembering that you can extend him after year 3 in a way that leverages a supressed year 4 and slightly under market year 5 into a deal that is a percentage point or two lower over the life of a 6 year extension). Hill probably takes up a tick under 10% (with the same 'early re-signing' caveat). Realistically you're looking at those 2 guys sucking up 1/4 of your cap.
That's roughly the cost of Houston, Berry, Bailey and Sorenson. And yeah, that's gonna sting. It means you really can't misfire elsewhere in who you decide to sign to big money deals.
But it's not impossible. It's really not even that difficult. It costs you Watkins and it probably costs you Hunt. It means you have to develop your pass-rushers and it means you can probably keep Jones OR Fuller long-term but perhaps not both.
But who gives a shit? You don't let Manning to Marvin walk out the door.