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Originally Posted by O.city
The NFL is all about value. I have to get the value of the amount I'm paying you, otherwise, I'm behind the 8 ball.
It's why draft picks are such valuable commodities, because of the cost/benefit situation.
Once you start paying big money for guys, the chances of them playing to that level are just not as high.
There's a reason the 2022 Chiefs were the first team to win a SB paying a QB 20% of the cap. It's really ****ing hard to do and we saw what it took him playing like for it to happen.
Is it unfair to ask the guy to be in "god mode" all the time for them to win? Sure. But that's what they're paying him for. When he doesn't do it, they just aren't gonna be at that level.
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OTC shows he was at 17% of the cap in 2022. Looks like he'll be upwards of 20% the next three years though. Thuney and Taylor combine for about 19% of the cap. That's nearly 40% of the cap on 3 players, only 1 of which is actually an elite difference maker. Eagles aren't spending nearly as much on the OL despite having a superior group, pretty sure Taylor and Thuney make more combined than the Eagles entire OL.
I personally think the Chiefs went a little overboard on building out the OL, and it's clear Mahomes no longer has a team friendly deal. So maybe we are in a position where they really can't afford to add much in FA and have to pray they pull a rabbit out of their ass at WR, so to speak.