You're wrong. You still have to go according to the new deals they got for in years, plus for the total amount. Sure, you can add the current remaining year(s) left in their current contract to try to argue it averages out to a lesser yearly average, but it doesn't reduce the ultimate amount offered and accepted in total of the 4 year extension contract. It's not Dak's fault the Cowboys refused to give him an extension 2 years ago when he was still on his rookie contract. You still have to take the total amount agreed upon and for how long into account.
The simple fact is that Wentz and Goff got extensions that don't kick in until next year.
Had Dak signed the 35 million a year deal then it would have gone as follows.
2020 - 35 million
2021 - 35 million
2022 - 35 million
2023 - 35 million
2024 - 35 million .
Now we know they would not have structured the deals that way but that would be the average..
Meanwhile Goff after his extension
year base salary - prorated roster other total
signing bonus bonus bonus
2020 - 1 mill 5 mill 21 mill 1.8 mill 31 mill
2021 - 25.3 5 2.5 1.8 34.6
2022 - 10 5 15.5 1.8 32.3
2023 - 20 5 5 1.8 31.8
I'm no math major but those average out to be less than what Dak would have gotten.
The numbers on Wentz's deal look similar. I won't take the time to post his or Watson's you can look it up yourself. If Dak signed for 35 a year he would average 2-3 million a year more than Goff and Wentz.
35 million a year x 5 = 180 million. Goff's deal was 134 million for 4 years. Again I didn't major in math but I have a calculator and it says that comes to 33.5 million a year. Which certain seems on the surface to be less than 35 million a year but maybe my calculator is off? Wentz signed for 128 over 4 years which I don't even need a calculator to tell me is less than 35 million a year. If you can prove otherwise I would love to see it.