They did cost close, and even more to the dumb teams and perennial losers. That's the mistake you avoid. Dies anyone truly want to emulate what the Vikings, Lions, and Raiders do? Let me know how much winning they've done in the past two decades.
Meanwhile, the actual top quarterbacks like Brady and Brees are making decent, but not ridiculous money, save for Aaron Rodgers, and I feel that will quickly prove to be a mistake.
Brady is cheap because he’s already made 20” million
When you’ve had a Brady or Brees for years they usually take a cheaper deal for the team but not their first real contract though
Determine if Dak is a QB you can win with, if not then let him, Zeke, cooper, and all play out
Put rush at QB then white and have a couple really bad years. You will have a load of picks with all the comps and a ton of cap space
Draft the kid from Clemson and build really quick around him while he’s on his rookie deal
A couple painful years leads to a real QB, lots of picks and cap space
Sadly the way contracts have gotten so big staying good but not great kills you
It’s really turning into a situation where you have to be real bad to get good