xwalker
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https://overthecap.com/position/quarterback/
the highest paid qb not to make it to the Super Bowl is Kurt cousins at 28 million per year.
you then have bissett, stafford and Carr all in the 25-28 million per year range.
Inflation.
Top QB contracts are in the 15% to 17% of the cap.
Dak's number will be higher because the cap is higher now than when other QBs signed.
The Cowboys know it's 15% minimum.
The agent knows it's not going over 18%.
They have to guarantee more of the contract to get it down to the 15% mark or the agent will have to take less guaranteed to get in up to the 18% mark.
Agents base their reputations on getting MAX contracts for players like Dak. It's more about reputation than the actual difference in money.
Agent 3% of 40M = 1.2M.
Agent 3% of 35M = 1.05M.
Without considering reputation, the extra wouldn't be worth a long negotiation to the agent, but the agent recruits new clients based on his reputation for getting MAX deals for his big name clients.