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Originally Posted by Wisconsin_Chief
It's absolutely what we need to do if we want to keep this thing rolling.
I couldn't care less if Mahomes retires in 10 years and $100 million in dead money hits the cap. The Saints and Steelers both actually recovered pretty quickly, it's not as big of deal as some make it out to be. When you have a QB like Mahomes, you play for the now, not worry about 10 years from now.
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Other teams have figured out how to cheat the cap. Jalen Hurts is getting $259M of cash with a cap hit of only $173M across 6 seasons. Somehow Philly is finding a way to cheat the cap by $86M during that time period. He only had 1 year left on his rookie deal, so that's not the primary driver of their cap savings in his contract. Look at these numbers:
2024 is $40M of cash, but only $13.6M cap hit
2025 is $42M of cash, but only $21.8M cap hit
2026 is $51M of cash, but only $31.8M cap hit