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Originally Posted by -King-
Honest question, how come we can't use Mahomes contract to slightly overpay some guys? He has the most restracturable contract in the league. Why not use it? He's not going to be bad anytime soon so adding a few more mil per year to his cap number the next 5 years doesn't matter to us and if we have to be in salary cap hell for a couple of seasons after his prime, who the **** cares?
If you have an elite QB, and can draft well, does the salary cap matter that much? People bring up the Saints as the reason to not do this, but their downfall was that they were AWFUL at drafting and coaching defense. If you think Veach can draft well and we have at least decent defensive coaching, why not manipulate the salary cap as much as possible to retain/sign premium players?
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Well if you're referring to the Mahomes restructure we can do ant any time to save cap space, then yes we can and without Patrick's permission, however that is money going to his account. Is Clark willing to do that? It seems he doesn't want to do that often and unless it's really needed.
Veach can draft well but we do draft at the end of each round every year. Having a higher pick does make a difference. Trent McDuffie is a good example of this. He seems like a legit blue chipper. Obviously Skyy Moore is TBD but if he's a good WR this year like we hope then there's more proof.
Having another anchor for a contract could make cap very tricky. Yeah Veach has been very good drafting, but it's not wise to think he'll be that good every year. No GM has great drafts consistently every year. Always good to have flexibility in cap space.