Salary is really about when you got paid. There aren’t really a lot of elite QBs in the NFL so even decent young QBs are gonna get paid big.
I was thinking earlier today before the Jags game, who are the best young QBs you would build around today? I think the answer is easily Mahomes, Burrow, Herbert, Allen and Lawrence.
The only one in that group not on a rookie contract is Mahomes, and he’s the highest paid in the game.
Then you move onto the next tier of QBs, and you’re looking at Jackson, Tua, Watson, and hard to deny Hurts after this year.
And if you look at the best teams in the league, they’re all led by young QBs.
The last of the old guard look finished. Brady is the only one who might creep into the playoffs.
Dak isn’t that great, but who else in the NFC is really that special? The QBs are in the AFC now. The best NFC teams have elite defenses.