Baker Mayfield expected to make over $40 mil/year with new contract

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make over $40 mil/year

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A little under the going rate for a franchise QB.

Daniel Jones got a similar bag last year, so it's not unreasonable especially with future cap inflation.

I like Baker, I'm not paying that money for him

I'm interested when the league takes a stand and stops paying borderline top 10 guys huge contracts.

Good for him. He’s a top 15 QB in the NFL. He has earned it.

That's actually a little bit of a discount.

Every starting qb gets paid $40M

Lol we'll see what the structure is like, but I highly doubt 40 mil is going to handcuff the Bucs here. And the cap just keeps going brrrrr

Keep in mind Tampa had a $35m cap hit in 2023 for Brady. Adding up Bakers base plus incentives pushes it out past $42m when adding in Brady hit. There is no Brady cap hit in 24 so in a manner of speaking if Baker gets $40m it’s a wash year over year.

For Baker he took a huge discount in 23 to prove himself. If one assumes he was worth $40m in 23, Tampa got a great deal. TB made a lot of extra money having that home playoff game.

Meanwhile Brock Purdy is paid less than QBs still in college. And the 49ers don’t have to do a damn thing for the next 2 years either. Even in the 3rd year they can finally tag him and pay him market values.

Biggest value in sports is a good QB on a rookie deal. Every team should be drafting QBs just in case they find someone that skips thru the cracks