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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
There’s an easy primary reason for that:
Manning was the first overall pick before the new slot system went into place. He was getting huge money from Day 1.
Eli Manning also has made the most money in NFL history, so he’s actually a pretty bad barometer of how much Discount Brady took.
Brady has been taking discounts since about 2013 for New England. He just wasn’t doing it before he married Gisele, as you suggested.
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Wasn't Brady paid more than Peyton around 2009? Speaking of Peyton, he was paid top dollar for many years and had pretty strong contending teams around him. Patrick has shown a higher ceiling than Peyton so far. It is not crazy to think the Chiefs can still be a very strong contender even after Patrick gets paid the big money.
The front office needs to do a good job with the rest of the roster, or the QB salary is irrelevant. 2018 is evidence of this. Mahomes played QB at an insanely high level on a $4M cap hit, and the shitty overpaid defense cost them a trip to the Super Bowl. They made some great moves in 2019 and it paid off in a huge way. But 2018 is evidence that no matter how "cheap" the contract is for Mahomes, he still needs the front office to do a solid job. They had all kinds of cap room in 2018 to surround him with a solid defense, and they completely blew it that year.