Where do you think the QB $$$ frenzy will end?
Jun 15, 2024 12:56:05 GMT -6
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Post by JABF on Jun 15, 2024 12:56:05 GMT -6
Over on our Bears messageboard we are kicking this one around. There are now 6 QBs in the NFL making more than $50-mil per year. Trevor Lawrence is going to get ~20% off the top of their cap. I understand that the cap is escalating too. So there is that. But the percentage of cap being spent on these QBs seems to be escalating. Also, every great team has multiple players at various positions who demand upper tier salaries.
One of our posters believes the league may split out the QB1 contract at some future point so that it is not factored into the cap. But once you begin going down a road without a cap... do you risk crippling that cap model to some extent and end up with the richest owners buying championships that way? Or is it not a worry?
One thing that seems to be key to living in this era of bigtime cap hits, is that a team's draft picks are going to be more important than ever. To sustain the big contracts a GM has to be able to hit at a very high rate in the draft to keep a healthy inflow of rookie contract guys on the roster. And obviously the coaching staff needs to be able to develop some of these mid to late round guys. A team just won't have the luxury of spending too much on "buying" high quality vets at full-retail prices. You just can't sustain that.
And quality comp picks would sure help. Belichick (when Brady was there) was pretty good about having comp picks, and also he'd trade vets to get extra picks. Of course you need the GM/scouts who can spend those picks wisely too. And if a team is lucky enough to draft a guy they believe can be elite, then you really would have to think about keeping him carrying a clipboard behind a veteran - at least not for very long with that clock ticking on the rookie contract. What do you think about all of this? LOL, or am I overthinking the whole thing... I do that
One of our posters believes the league may split out the QB1 contract at some future point so that it is not factored into the cap. But once you begin going down a road without a cap... do you risk crippling that cap model to some extent and end up with the richest owners buying championships that way? Or is it not a worry?
One thing that seems to be key to living in this era of bigtime cap hits, is that a team's draft picks are going to be more important than ever. To sustain the big contracts a GM has to be able to hit at a very high rate in the draft to keep a healthy inflow of rookie contract guys on the roster. And obviously the coaching staff needs to be able to develop some of these mid to late round guys. A team just won't have the luxury of spending too much on "buying" high quality vets at full-retail prices. You just can't sustain that.
And quality comp picks would sure help. Belichick (when Brady was there) was pretty good about having comp picks, and also he'd trade vets to get extra picks. Of course you need the GM/scouts who can spend those picks wisely too. And if a team is lucky enough to draft a guy they believe can be elite, then you really would have to think about keeping him carrying a clipboard behind a veteran - at least not for very long with that clock ticking on the rookie contract. What do you think about all of this? LOL, or am I overthinking the whole thing... I do that
... and neither is this Chris guy.