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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
We've reached the prophesied part of the Mahomes' contract, where the narrative amongst the media and opposing ans shifts from "you gonna be screwed when you start paying Mahomes $50M/year" to "wow, that deal really is a huge advantage to the Chiefs. They should have to tear it up and pay him top of the market in guaranteed actual cash."
I'm confident a new deal will get done. I've always thought year 5/12 was the first logical "new deal" point, with 7/12 being the drop dead on it. So I'm looking for it for the 2024 league year (after the Chiefs win the SB again, of course). From reading his contract, I think he has $75M in guarantees at that point. I BELIEVE that amount could be rolled into a signing bonus (and doesn't that total hit just about right for a signing bonus?)
You know what's going to be REALLY funny?
When the new deal STILL doesn't have insane guarantees up front, when the new deal LOWERS his 24 cap hit from $47M to something like $30-35M, and when the new deal is still incredibly flexible.
I don't see any way KC is NOT playing 2023 and 2024 with a significant advatage in cap hit of Mahomes vs. his most legitimate peers. It's gonna be gravy.
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Watch. When they do redo his contract, idiots like Florio will pat themselves on the back for shining a light on this injustice, completely missing that was always the plan.