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Originally Posted by -King-
But we could have given him that deal in a way that still benefited us. He could have had the same numbers the same 3 years he has now except we would get some salary cap relief this year. Makes no sense why we didn't do that in order to add somebody.
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They can still move $$$ as before.
Look at his cap hits.
2024 57 million
2025 60 million
2026 63 million
2027 59 million
2028 27 million
2029 34 million
2030 45 million
2031 48 million
From a managing the team aspect the 28-31 cap hits would be better now and then the 60 million cap hits later for two reasons.
1. Cap will keep going up
2. Top stars were traded or about to age out or will move on
These include Chris Jones, Tyreek Hill aren't getting paid. Thuney will be gone and he is 26 million next year. Kelce near the end, etc
Not sure why they are reversed but maybe this was done to max cash flow now to Mahomes earlier? But regardless of why it was done they should just move the money forward and keep Mahomes at 40-45 million next 2 years. Then push higher as the top of our roster leaves and cap increases.