re: Why do some care how much Drew makes

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Probably because it eats up so much of the salary cap and forces us to make big sacrifices at other positions of need.

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except it actually doesn't.

Cap hit:
2012- $9 million cap hit
2013 - 17.4
2014 - 18.4
2015 - 26.4
2016 - 27.4

While that looks bad, the salary cap is set to drastically increase with the new TV deal being signed in the offseason. Salary cap space ($8 million I think) will roll over to next year

He got fair market value:

Peyton Manning Salary Cap hit

2012: 18 million
2013: 20 million
2014: 20 million
2015: 19 million

--that was for an injured QB

Tom Brady:
2013: 21.8 million
2014: 21.8 million

Aaron Rodgers is going to get a bigger contract than that, then RG3 and Luck will. All the elite teams will have their QB getting paid 100+ million