NFL quarterback contracts QBs with biggest salary cap hit have had zero NFL playoff success over past decade

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NFL quarterback contracts QBs with biggest salary cap hit have had zero NFL playoff success over past decade

The 2020 offseason is slowly turning into the year of the quarterback. Between now and the NFL Draft, there's a good chance that things are going to get absolutely crazy.From a free agency standpoint, guys like , , , and will all be on the market and available to sign with any team they choose. In Dallas, the are in the middle of an awkward Texas two-step with that could end with the quarterback getting hit . In Kansas City, is on the in NFL history.Although Mahomes is almost certainly going to get a record-setting deal, fans better hope that his new contract doesn't come with a record-setting salary cap hit, and that's because NFL teams have struggled over the past decade when they have the quarterback with the biggest cap hit.The explanation here is pretty simple: If you give all your Atlanta Braves Jersey money to your quarterback, there's not enough to go around for everyone else, which makes it pretty difficult to build a championship contending team. If you look at the last three Super Bowls, there was at least one team in the game that had a quarterback on a rookie contract. In 2019, that was the Chiefs with Mahomes. In 2018, the made it to Super Bowl LIII with on Danny Santana Jersey his rookie deal. In 2017, the got to the big game with playing under his rookie contract. On the other end of the spectrum, quarterbacks with large cap hits almost never make it to the Super Bowl. As a matter of fact, over the past decade (2010-19), the quarterback with the largest cap hit each year didn't even .The have the exact numbers and it's pretty bleak. Here's a look at the one quarterback who had the highest cap hit in each season since 2010 and how far they made it in the playoffs.2010: Donovan McNabb, ($24.8 million). After 11 seasons in Philadelphia, McNabb left the Eagles in 2010 to sign a with the Redskins. The contract didn't turn out to be such a smart investment for the Redskins. Not only did McNabb only last one season in Washington, but he went 5-8 as a starter during that lone year before being traded to the . Verdict:No playoffs. 2011: , ($17.2 million). Sanchez entered the NFL in 2009 before the rookie wage scale was put into place, which means he got a monstrous contract as the fifth overall pick in the draft (five-years, $47 million). After leading the Jets to the AFC title game in each of his first two seasons, Sanchez didn't even make the playoffs in 2011.Verdict: No playoffs.2012: , ($18 Bob Uecker Jersey .2 million). After watching Manning sit out the entire 2011 season, the Broncos took a risk on the quarterback by signing him in 2012, and the risk immediately paid off. However, it didn't pay off with a playoff win. During Manning's first season in Denver, the Broncos lost their first playoff game in a 38-35 overtime thriller against the .Verdict:Divisional round playoff lo s.2013: , ($20.9 million).2014: Eli Manning, Giants ($20.4 million). Back in 2009, Eli , and although he didn't have a large cap hit right off the bat, the contract did come with a couple large cap hits toward the end of the deal. In both 2013 and 2014, not only did the Giants mi s the playoffs, but they didn't finish with a winning record in either season.2013 Verdict:No playoffs.2014 Verdict:No playoffs. 2015: , ($23.8 million). Brees with the Saints in 2012, and during the contract, the only time he had the NFL's highest cap hit came in 2015. Although Brees led the NFL in pa sing yards with 4,870, the Saints went 7-9 and mi sed the postseason.Verdict:No playoffs.2016: Eli Manning, David Justice Jersey Giants ($24.2 million). This is not a typo, Eli Manning is on the list three times. In September 2015, Manning , which left him with the highest quarterback cap hit in the NFL just one year later. The good news for the Giants is that they actually did make the playoffs despite the large cap hit. The bad news for the Giants is that they lost in the wild-card round.Verdict:Wild card playoff lo s.2017: , Ravens ($24.6 million). The Ravens' decision to give Flacco in 2016 ended up being a bad one for pretty much everyone involved. That being said, 2017 might have been the highlight year of Flacco's contract as the Ravens went 9-7, which really isn't much of a highlight, if you think about it. Verdict:No playoffs. 2018: , ($26.5 million). The 49ers might have been in the Super Bowl in 2019, but they didn't get anywhere close to making it in 2018 when Garoppolo had the highest cap hit in the NFL. In a year where the 49ers finished 4-12, Garoppolo's season actually got cut short after just three weeks due to a torn ACL.Verdict:No playoffs.2019: , ($30.7 million). After signing in 2017, it was time for the Lions to pay the piper just two years later, and that came in the form of a $30.7 million cap hit. During an injury-filled 2019 season, the Lions only got eight games out of Stafford Verdict:No playoffs.If you're scoring at home, that's eight out of 10 seasons where the quarterback with Blank Jersey the highest cap hit . Also, the two quarterbacks who did make it to the postseason went a combined 0-2. That's zero playoffs wins over 10 years. Maybe Tom Brady was on to something when he decided not to take market value during his three most recent contract negotiations with the .
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