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My opinion, honestly, is that I like Mahomes' contract much more because it builds in cap flexibility. If the team needs space, they can convert salary to bonus money. It's also a true 10-year deal whereas Hurts' deal is more like a 3-year extension in reality.
In the case of Hurts, he has minimum salaries throughout the contract, a moderate signing bonus, and a bunch of annual, large, option bonuses that trigger. While this helps spread money out over the contract, it doesn't really give you the option of cap flexibility. You're just on the hook if you keep him in an ever-compounding deal. It does provide Philly with an easier "out" if ever Hurts regresses and turns into a pumpkin though. And you still have the curious case of the final two years of the deal, where the salaries balloon to astronomical figures, which really points to the fact that Philly will have to basically rip that deal up in 2027 and do an extension with a restructure or release him.
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