This is basically how the game is today. When any QB given a 2nd contract makes the same money or close to the elite QBs, of course the teams with the elite QBs are going to have the advantage. Or QBs on rookie contracts.
It doesn't mean that you can't win, but paying QBs like Dak, Cousins, and Tannehill similar money to elite QBs puts your team at a disadvantage against teams with better QBs. That's just common sense.
Teams just want to stay relevant, that's why some of these bums are paid big money. If the only goal was winning a championship QBs like Lamar Jackson wouldn't have been offered anything. He couldn't sniff a championship on a rookie deal, what would be the point in paying him 10 times that amount? To kiss his ***?
what's this money thing "making close to elite"? what does that non-sense even mean. what should be the pay difference between good QBs and Elite QBs? this is a total non-sense by some fans, created in their minds about how much should a Elite QB make vs. others. total non-sense. the money they make is irrelevant of their abilities relative to each other.
there is no tiered salary structure in NFL. its supply/demand driven based on perceived value of the position. the market for elite QBs is high, they rarely rarely rarely rarely rarely rarelyrarelyget let go of their teams as the teams find one and do whatever possible to keep them. usually when they are older and the team is ready to move on, they cut bait or trade.
then there is the rest of the market and again, supply/demand for the position and what it takes to resign a QB. so all this other stuff about getting paid close to an elite is nothing but blah blah blah.
teams make it to the superbowl without Elite QBs (Philly, SF) and they win it as well (Eli, Flacco, Foles, etc.). Eli and Flacco both won on their second contract. Grapolo was on his second contract when he made it to the superbowl.
based on some of you, no team should ever resign a QB if they are not elite, they should all just go into the cycle of wash, rinse repeat. draft, fail, draft again, draft, fail draft again, draft, fail draft again, draft fail draft again and after the 4th or 5th try get lucky, find a Elite QB.... essentially compete for about 5-8 years every 20-25 years....
and lastly, the cap each year is the issue. Hurts is the highest paid, yet his salary the next 4 years is highly manageable that allows the team to sign FA, their own or outside. Dak's contract was less than 10% of salary cap the past two years. our GM sucks. thus we are where we are.
