none of the sports media cares about cap considerations. Or what the trade comp is to move up to get a QB. Forget that Lance cost 2 extra 1sts and a 3rd. Darnold cost 3 extra 2nds, the price for Young being Moore, extra 1st and 2 2nds.
RG3 is telling LV to go get Daniels. Sure, hey RG3, what was it like being the QB that was traded up for and the talent surrounding you when they made that move? Only to later see Rd 4 QB take your job and go onto to make $400 milll n the NFL.
2 ways of thinking when you have a rookie contract QB. Add extra pieces to the talent you have, which they did gettting Mack, signing JC Jackson and extending their own guys. But, the LAC didn't do anything.
Or you do what Hou is doing and loading up with contracts that will expire by the time your QB comes off the rookie deal, so that you are not cutting guys when he's set to make his big money and do not require a reset year or two. Keep a clean cap for when your QB makes his money.
As a Raiders fan, it worries me how Tom Tedesco structured Wilkins contract at $11.4, $35, $32 mill against the cap over the next 3 years. Not a fan of that huge $23 mill jump in cap charges from 24 to 25 year. Pretty much guarantees a restructure and pushing cap against 26/27/28 years.
There are still people who think cap charges equal money. Like there are those who think Allen was going to make $34 mill in 2024. No. $23 mill is salary/roster bonus which is the real money, while the other $11 mill in cap charges are from his $13.5 mill prorated signing bonus and prior years contract restructure which converted base salary into a bonus to lower cap charges in prior years but push cap charges into future years. Allen is showing as a $11.6 mill dead cap to Chargers in 2024.