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This was, simply put, impossible for either team to absorb. With Aaron Rodgers and Patrick Mahomes on big-money contract extensions, it’s unrealistic to commit over a quarter of the salary cap to two players — not without jeopardizing the rest of the team as a result. Meanwhile the shared DNA of Las Vegas and Miami is that they’re not vastly overspending at the QB position.
This means that unless there’s significant cap relief in 2023 allowing teams to spend more (something owners are likely loathed to do because it eats into their profits), teams will have to begin deciding whether they want to pay an elite quarterback OR an elite receiver, because they likely cannot afford both. Players deserve to get paid, and they’re going to find someone to pay them, whether or not that means competing for a contender or not.
The most interesting wrinkle to all this is when we look at how effective young receivers have been in recent years. Madden NFL 24 offenses are so like college in modern football that the idea of a slow onboarding process, or the 1-2 year build to being a top receiver is gone. Justin Jefferson broke the Madden NFL 24’s rookie receiving record in 2020, then it was immediately bested by Ja’Marr Chase. In fact, 11 of the Madden NFL 24’s top 25 receivers by yardage were still on their rookie contracts in 2021.
So while we’re going to see contracts balloon at the position for MUT 24 Coins proven talent, we could also see a churn start to effect the position when it comes to the best teams, similar to what we’ve seen at running back — though for different reasons. The popular belief now is that top-tier teams no longer sign rushers to big extensions, instead they let them walk after their rookie contracts, and find another. It’s an unfair system designed to buy MUT 24 Coins account for running backs breaking down and becoming injury prone. Now we could see that with receivers too, but instead teams will let them walk because of their upcoming payday. |
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Post time 2024-1-15 10:31:22