EJay
Scout Team
How $40M QBs like Patrick Mahomes, Aaron Rodgers and Dak Prescott are losing the offseason
The quarterbacks aren't to blame for the attrition on their rosters, but for different reasons their teams have been left with hard choices to make.www.yahoo.com
QB position is obviously the most valued position in football. But it seems like paying the best QBs these extra extravagant contracts may be detrimental to the teams. So I'm wondering people's opinion on this.
If you have a Mahomes or Rodgers, it seems you pretty much have pay them extravagantly or someone else will and then your team will flounder back to mediocrity or worse. But in the same breath, if you can’t afford to surround the QB with important pieces, you could be turning yourself into just a playoff contender instead of a constant Superbowl contender. Seems like teams are at their best when they have a top 5 QB whose still under their rookie contract.
What you‘ve detailed above is 100% legit. It’s the elephant in the room. The big conundrum.
And it’s not just a problem in the NFL, it’s a problem in the NBA and MLB too, but more so in the NFL due to the hard cap.
Most these players talk about wanting to win, but when it’s time to put their money where their mouth is they can’t do it. They almost always choose the money. I suppose it’s hard to blame them in many cases.
However it’s the rare ones that really do want to win that can drastically increase their team’s chances to win by sacrificing $$$.
While I constantly talk about “teams” winning titles and not players, the one thing I will give Tom Brady a helluva a lot of credit for is actually being the rare unicorn that valued winning over his contract. Because he consistently took less from the Cheatriots so that the team could keep talent.
IMO that is one of the biggest reasons they were able to consistently win for so long and is a factor that is widely overlooked and under-appreciated. While I don’t believe Brady is the GOAT in terms of talent and ability, he became the most accomplished QB of all time due to his unselfishness and willingness to place “team” and winning above making the most $$$ he could. He allowed the Cheatriots to keep a deep and talented team around him.
As we see most every year, most star players aren’t able to do that. And that’s why it’s very hard to win once you’ve maxed out the QB position.