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Originally Posted by FloridaMan88
Dynasties in the salary cap era are kept alive by making cut throat business decisions.
Kelce at 36 years old next season with a declining level of play is not worth a $20 million cap hit.
His yards per catch average was by far a career low this past season… that is not going to get better as he becomes a year older.
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Not spending $20m on a guy who nets the franchise $330m doesn’t seem like a wise business decision. Yes that does not necessarily go into the salary cap. But clark hunt is a good owner unafraid to invest in his team. Knowing you have one more year left of the windfall, go out and grab a haul of great players with guaranteed money we may typically be reluctant to put into escrow. Pump money into facilities since we got poor grades last year. Beef up our scouts and analytics. If we’re talking about forcing albert pujols into the lineup just because of the paycheck that’s one thing. But I think most of us agree that kelce still has value on the field even if it’s not the $20m we’re used to
This is a unicorn here in terms of the unique financial value he single handedly brings to this team. Milk it for all that it’s worth.