Every QB that wasn’t part of a SB winner during their rookie contract falls into the same category as Tua — meaning they got paid and/or reset the market despite not “winning anything ever”.
Burrow got paid. Herbert got paid. Hurts got paid. Our own Dan Marino got paid despite the Dolphins franchise never winning a championship during his tenure. So have countless other QB’s and players over the history of the game.
Where’s the criticism or mocking of them? Why is it only Tua that should accept less until he helps lead the team to a title?
Some of you behave as if you have suffered brain damage. This won’t be the first or last time this has happened.
Not only that, wrt to Mahomes — notice that he’s only NOW working on a contract to take less. Which means he initially took more when his initial contract was up and he renewed. He wouldn’t have to restructure if he had already accepted less, as you seem to expect Tua to do now.
So, with that in mind, what’s wrong with Tua getting his pay day now, while he’s still young and healthy, then revisiting a few years later as Mahomes is allegedly now doing?
If your problem is that Mahomes is the anomaly and has already been part of a winner — what about everybody else that hasn’t met that benchmark? And don’t fire back with “well, Burrow and Hurts reached a SB” crap. So what? That doesn’t change the fact that they’ve won squat.
Furthermore, there are far more examples of players getting paid w/o having advanced to a SB or even a Conference title game. Peyton Manning and Drew Brees immediately come to mind, and there are a myriad of others. And that’s only including QB’s. What about non-QB’s? Where’s you ire and disdain over every other non-QB getting paid and resetting the market for their respective positions? Hypocrite.
