Originally posted by random49er:
Originally posted by dj43:
FWIW, the 10th highest paid "quarterback" is Jalen Hurts, an athlete attempting to play the position, is getting $51million/yr.
Hurts earned $6.2M in 2023, $40M in 2024, and is slated to earn $42.5M in 2025 after bonuses. He has yet to cross the $50M/yr threshold.
Hurts did not earn 6.2M in 2023. That was his cap hit. His cash that season was 24.3M.
When Hurts signed his contract, it was a top contract.
- 255M in new cash (over 5 years) was #3 behind Mahomes (450M/10) and Allen (258M/6).
- 51M extension AAV was #1 ahead of Rodgers (50.3M) and Russ (48.5M).
- 110M gtd at signing was #3 behind Watson (230M) and Russ (124M)
- 179.4M total guaranteed over the contract was #2 behind Watson (230M).
The complaints when that contract was announced were that you couldn't build a roster paying a quarterback 50M. They'll never get back to the super bowl. Too much money! Then Lamar passed him 10 days later. Herbert and Burrow later in that offseason. Mahomes 5-year cash restructure a year later. Goff, The Prince, Tua, Love, Dak, and now Allen. Now that he's sitting 10th, everyone's like "pretty good contract"... Oh, and he won a Super Bowl.
Hurts' contract is backloaded. He didn't get a huge signing bonus and instead is getting really huge option bonuses on the back half. The contract had a 23.3M signing bonus and option bonuses of 38.9M, 41.3M, 50.3M, 50.2M, and 50.1M. Why? Because the Eagles were pressed on cap space and couldn't afford a large signing bonus to spread over 2023-24. Hurts will never cross the 50M/yr threshold on cap hits because all of those options had 5-year prorations baked into the original contract. His cashflow will hit 50M+ starting in year four.
Purdy's extension isn't going to be much different. He's going to have minimum salaries the first few years. The 49ers can load up Purdy's contract with a large signing bonus to keep his cap hits lower in years 2 through 5. There will be option bonuses in at least years 2 and 3. I would expect an option bonus in year 4 but if they opted to keep it all as just salary (can be restructured into a signing bonus), that would be the earliest his cap hit would be 50M+. A minimized salary and option bonus in year 4 would likely push the first 50M+ cap hit into year 5.
The carousel of qb contracts is coming back around. It would have been nice to get Purdy extended before Allen, but that didn't happen and Allen reset the market. Luckily for the 49ers, nobody should really push the market up any further this year. Maybe Lamar and the Ravens? I believe they reset the market next year before Stroud and maybe Mahomes.
[ Edited by Typecast on Apr 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM ]