The expensive QB.... Franchise maker or Franchise breaker ?
By tinley24
on Feb 12, 2021, 4:05pm EST
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Howdy folks.... been a long time.
As i sat and watched the Jets overpay for the likes of Bell and CJ, it got me thinking about the Cap teams spend on the QB position and what teams making the SB since the 2011 new rookie pay scale, spend on average to reach it.
There is no denying that the 2011 had a huge impact that all could see. The 1st overall pick went from being one of the highest players in the league, without playing a snap, to not even in the Top-20 highest paid QB's. If you drafted a bum back then you were screwed until you could effectively cut him from a Cap perspective, putting your Franchise back another 5 or 6 years. Nowadays, there isn't as big of a kick in the stones, should you end up with a Darnold instead of a Mahomes. But what interested me was how much more teams with QB's on rookie deals had to spend on adding talent and was that making any type of difference to the teams overall success. My finding were extremely eye opening, and if i'm completely honest, has changed how i look at the modern game.