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I’ll add a few thoughts:
- Markets don’t always reset with a top contract. No one followed Cleveland’s lead with fully guaranteed QB money.
- The salary cap growth makes the numbers feel different. Salary was $143m in 2015, $198m in 2020 and $279m in 2025. $30 million now is the same % of the cap as $20 million 5 years ago and $24 million 2 years ago.
- Mahomes and Jones are 1 of 1-type players. McDuffie is elite but there are others like him. You have to consider trades if you can get good value out of him but you also have to consider paying him big money. He improves our defense significantly when he’s out there.
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