The moderate cap hit for a QB is 20% of a team’s salary cap. Right now that’s 51 million For the current 255,400,000 cap. That’s base salary cap hit. The QB may be getting paid more than that due to bonuses and guarantees, etc, but not all of it is hitting the cap.
Predictions are that the salary cap will go up 20-25 % each of the next few years due to exploding revenue streams. If it goes up even 20% next year, the salary cap on base salary will be 306,480,000. 20% of that is 61,296,000.
Only rookies, journeymen, and aging vets viewed as fair starters will be signing contracts under 60 million. The top QBs will all be looking to restructure their current contracts for more. Every NFL player will want his fair share. Why? Because the NFL billionaire owners will also be pocketing ridiculous profits.
If you want a new QB, that’s a fair opinion. But it’s not about money. The Cowboys haven’t used up their cap in recent years. We all know they could have been players in free agency this year if they wanted. Dak’s salary has never been a detriment to the Cowboys adding any players they wanted in free agency. Whatever the Cowboys or another team pay Dak Prescott, it will not cripple the team. Whether you think he’s worth it or not, Dak will get a huge contract from someone, and he will still be one of the top 15 QBs in the NFL.
