but that's not reality of NFL....what fans percieve as value, is not how the market works. forexample, for several years, Mahomes was 10th in salary and by far he is the best in the NFL.
even Geno Smith got a 37M contract.... Deshaun Watson and all his troubles got 46M average from browns..and he was injured 2 prior years and was on the bench healing supposedly.
now, did Jerry overpay at 60M on his second contract? yes. fans argued he should be at 50 or 55....because he handicapped the salary...reality is that Philly handed out tons of money and large contracts and signed a bunch of their own and FAs. and won a superbowl, pushing money into the future, knowing at some point they are going to be in true cap hell with dead money.
now, if jerry was a normal owner and wasn't just looking for clicks and marketing, he would have, could have resigned Dak for 50-55...instead he cornered himself. no other QB on the roster. didn't go after any other FAs, waited literally until an hour before first game of the season to get contract signed...seriously....
and so 5-10M wasn't the reason we couldn't sign FAs, its Jerry and Stephen being who they are.
we were one of the lowest teams in cash spent, dead money and more towards bottom of the salary cap floor compared to rest of the league (until Dak and CD signing, which skewed us to the middle).
so market value is not player ranking, nor how fans value a player.