Originally posted by Typecast:
Mahomes signed his contract July 6th, 2020. It's been nearly 5 years. Below is a list of all the QBs in the 45M+ AAV club. nAAV is the new cash AAV. tAAV is the total cash AAV over the entire contract. Finally is the total cash value of the contract over the total unadjusted league cap total over the life the contract. I'm presuming the year-to-year cap growth of future years is 7%.
- Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs, 2020-31, 45M nAAV, 39.8M tAAV, 477.6M/3.434B (13.91%)
- Aaron Rodgers, Packers, 2022-26, 50.3M nAAV, 37.4M tAAV, 186.8M/1.254B (14.89%)
- Deshaun Watson, Browns, 2022-26, 46M nAAV, 46M tAAV, 230M/1.254B (18.34%)
- Kyler Murray, Cardinals, 2022-28, 46.1M nAAV, 38M tAAV, 265.7M/1.902B (13.86%)
- Russell Wilson, Broncos, 2022-28, 48.5M nAAV, 42.3M tAAV, 296M/1.902B (15.56%)
- Jalen Hurts, Eagles, 2023-28, 51M nAAV, 43.2M tAAV, 259.3M/1.694B (15.31%)
- Lamar Jackson, Ravens, 2023-27, 52M nAAV, 52M tAAV, 260M/1.359B (19.14%)
- Justin Herbert, Chargers, 2023-29, 52.5M nAAV, 42.3M tAAV, 296.2M/2.052B (14.44%)
- Joe Burrow, Bengals, 2023-29, 55M nAAV, 44.3M tAAV, 310M/2.052B (15.11%)
- Kirk Cousins, Falcons, 2024-27, 45M nAAV, 45M tAAV, 180M/1.134B (15.87%)
- Jared Goff, Lions, 2024-28, 2024-28, 53M nAAV, 48.1M tAAV, 240.6M/1.469B (16.38%)
- Trevor Lawrence, Jaguars, 2024-30, 55M nAAV, 43.8M tAAV, 306.3M/2.210B (13.86%)
- Tua Tagovailoa, Dolphins, 2024-28, 53.1M nAAV, 47.1M tAAV, 235.6M/1.469B (16.04%)
- Jordan Love, Packers, 2024-28, 55M nAAV, 46.2M tAAV, 231M/1.469B (15.73%)
- Dak Prescott, Cowboys, 2024-28, 60M nAAV, 54.8M tAAV, 274M/1.469B (18.66%)
NFL Franchise QBs have NFL Franchise QB price tags. These guys are expensive to keep. The cap continues to grow and so will QB contracts. The QB contract market is essentially 5 tiers at this point. Franchise QB tier (55M+), retiring Franchise QB tier (40-50M), QBs that need to prove themselves (30-45M), journeymen (<20M), and rookie wage scale contracts.
this is a very good write up and i appreciate your time and information. i like this bottom breakdown especially of the tiers. i'll bold the tier i feel is what we have on our hands here.
this is just my opinion. i could be wrong.
[ Edited by 49erFaithful6 on Jan 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM ]