That ship never set sail: Mahomes was never, ever going to sign a "reasonable" contract.

And why would he?

The guy is being talked about as the greatest NFL player, ever.

His contract will go a long way in how much we win.

I'm not up on current NFL contract rules. Are they allowed to negotiate through he season? If they are, I can see an announcement sometime late November/early December of a new contract for some reason.

Pay him $1 million a year and give him a $40 million a year advertising contract for all the Hunt Family sports and business franchises.

DONE in 1 minute

I think he meant Chris Jones won’t sign a reasonable deal. Not Mahomes.

Mahomes is under the Chiefs control until approximately March 15th, 2022 which at that point, they'll need to either place the Franchise Tag on him or allow him to hit Free Agency.

He's currently under contract for $5.3 million in 2020 and since he's earned two Pro Bowl berths in his first three seasons, he'll be paid the average of the Top 5 QB's for his 5th season, which will equal the Franchise Tag number for 2021.

If he's Franchised for the 2022 season, the Chiefs are allowed to negotiate a new contract with him until July 15th, 2022.

That said, I seriously doubt that either side will allow the negotiations to continue for the next 2 years.

Yeah, they can. There are some weird rules, but it's certainly not unusual for a player to get an extension during the season.

My concern is more about lost league revenue this year and the impact on the salary cap.

Jones shouldn't sign a "reasonable deal", either.

I like that guy Mahomes

4 years 180 million dollars 120 million guaranteed is my prediction.

It'll be interesting to see what the NFL comes up with in order to combat their loss of a projected $3.2 billion in the 2020 season due to the absence of fans.

There have been all kinds of suggestions for teams to make up lost revenue due to the elimination of fans in stadiums, from covering seats with advertisements to ads and sponsorship on player's jerseys.

I doubt they'll be able to fully cover $100 million per team in lost revenue but they may be able to soften that hit substantially.

“He wants to be a Chief for life”

Yup, back that baby up

Now THIS is a guy that could demand what he wants and change the landscape of contracts. Not that turd Dak

If locking up Mahomes long term means that we lose Jones, then so be it. I'd love to have both, but everybody can't be the richest ever at their position and still win a team sport. It would be cool as hell to know for certain the cap will jump enough to sign both and keep the team competitive. But, this damn Covid crap has the entire country in uncertainty.

I’m not saying he should. I was just pointing out that Red Dawg wasn’t suggesting anything about Mahomes signing a reasonable deal. No one said anything about Mahomes being unreasonable. I’m really interested to see how it works out.