The six highest paid QBs in the nfl all missed the playoffs this year

[gbgary]

Good Post and Good Link. So Aaron Rodgers ranks 14th in salary against the cap? Very Interesting. That ought to shut up some of the whiners and detractors.

this year. 2020 it starts getting stupid...and he'll be #1...and 37. and don't forget his cap number has been a bother since the last time he was the highest paid qb. this time it'll be worse.
https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2019/1...atrick-mahomes

[texaspackerbacker]

That problem - if indeed it is a problem - is easily cured by restructuring in a way that is favorable to both the player and the team.

[run pMc]

I don't mind the money so much -- they aren't going to be better without him, and you don't let QBs like him go without an in-house replacement. Plus, signing him earlier lets them spread the amount over more years so it's easier on the cap. I think, assuming the OL can keep him safer and 2 of the WRs make the year 2 leap, he will have a bounce-back year. This year was pretty scary if you consider he was often playing at a level that approximated Brett Hundley.

The point of the cap is to level the playing field. As players age, they often become more expensive and prone to injuries. That's why rookie contracts -- and especially starting QBs on rookie contracts -- are valuable. Much easier to build a supporting cast (e.g., a strong defense) that way. You could look at draft picks that way -- draft positions based on what it would cost to get a top 16 player at that position in FA. What I'm being Capt. Obvious about is that if you pay big money for a QB but they (or the rest of the team) falters you're gonna miss the playoffs. That the top 6 didn't make it might be a statistical anomaly, do we know how often it's happened in the last 10 years?