He's said, he's experienced a shitty team and him getting big numbers at Texas Tech... he prefers being a part of a winner. So, I think he's going to work with the team like Brady did, perhaps...

To an extent maybe. But the team had him on dirt cheap salary/cap hit in 2018. They also delivered one of the worst defenses in league history to "help" him attempt a run at the Super Bowl. They improved it enough in 2019 to get the job done.

But I guess the point I am making is that giving the team a discount does not guarantee that they will give him the support that he needs to win championships. They made good moves for 2019 season, but they really screwed it up for 2018 on the defensive side of the ball.

What if the team were to give him a smaller base salary at say $25 million with easily achievable performance bonuses? Say something like get 3,000 yards passing and get another $5 million, have a winning record and get another $5 million etc..... is that possible? Is that even legal and how would that impact the cap if they did something like that?

I believe it counts against next year's cap. If not you could make it even more ridiculous. 5 million base and 25 million bonus if he throws 5 touchdowns

With all this civil unrest Mahomes is going to get 60M per year no questions asked.

I think performance based bonuses have to be "not likely to be attained" to be pushed back to the next year if they are met.

Have we extended this piece of gold yet??

I don't think there will be many years in the deal with that large of a "base" salary.

It's going to be littered with roster bonuses, signing bonuses, restructure bonuses... so the team has flexibility and can afford to keep adjusting his deal.

Goff's deal has ONE season with a base that big (and it's $25 million exactly).