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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Exactly.
Once your QB starts making real money, it's his job to make B level WR talent outperform their paychecks.
Any swinging dick can throw to HoFers - Alex Smith did it. And yeah, it makes a great QBs job easier. But when he wants to get paid, there are sacrifices that come with that and having that easy job is one of them.
The WR market is making it look like the days of a top 5 QB and a top 5 WR on his 3rd contract are effectively over. And frankly, a guy getting a top flight WR on his second contract is pretty unlikely unless the deal is signed a year early and you leverage some AAV concessions out of it that way.
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The only caveat is if that top 5 QB is on a rookie deal. Cinci's window with Chase and Burrow will be short. Now, depending on how they handle it, and how they draft, their contender window may be as long as Burrow can play at a high level; but if they're smart, they'll move Chase for a huge haul when it behooves their roster, just like we did Tyreek.
It's painful, but it's the smart move in the long view.