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Originally Posted by DRM08
Mahomes got paid chump change in the first 3 years of that deal. And before you say he had 2 years left on his rookie deal, so did Jared Goff & Carson Wentz a year earlier. Mahomes’ payout is a joke compared to those 2 guys, never mind the dudes that got their deals later. And he theoretically had way more leverage than any of them, given that he won MVP & Super Bowl in 2018 and 2019 heading into that new contract. Here’s the list:
2019 Goff: $82 million for 3 years
2019 Wentz: $77 million for 3 years
2020 Mahomes: $63 million for 3 years
2021 Allen: $95 million for 3 years
2023 Herbert: $134 million for 3 years
2023 Burrow: $146 million for 3 years
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That's literally just contract structuring. Some teams like to front load contracts. Some teams back load contracts. Some teams evenly load contracts. Ideally you do a mix depending on team needs at the time.