Clark Hunt: The Chiefs Will Begin Contract Negotiations W/Mahomes This Summer

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Originally Posted by jaa1025

With 15% he will almost always be the highest paid player and the biggest salary cap hit in football.

15%? That is chump change for a QB of Mahomes' ability. 15% is nowhere close to highest paid QB in the league at the moment. In fact it's currently the 9th highest QB salary in the league based on the 2020 salary cap. Would be a salary of $29.7M for 2020 season.

At the time of signing their recent contracts, Russell Wilson and Aaron Rodgers were both around 18.5% of the cap in the year they signed. That's a lot more than the 15% you claim is so outrageous. Matt Ryan is 8th in average salary and he is getting $30M per year, which is currently 14.9% of the cap. At the time Matt Ryan signed his deal in May 2018, it was about 17% of the 2018 salary cap.

You should hope like hell the Chiefs are actually able to get Mahomes on a 15% cap salary. That's a massive discount compared to his actual value.