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headslapper
Is the cap increasing 12% a year? If it is less then that then QBs are taking up more of the cap % which leaves less for the other positions. With the reality of QB $ inflating faster than cap increases, the argument of tying all salaries to QB doesn't make any sense at all. In fact, if the cap inflation is less that means less money for the others actually.
No but 2nd contracts are. And that's a rounded average because some positions increase more than that a year. It doesn't matter in relation to the cap because it;s not like every single player comes up every single year. For example, again just looking at 2nd contracts, only 2 qbs came up this year. So the cap is not being overwhelmed.
It;s not just qbs. It's every position. The amount of increase can vary from position to position but it's never below 12% a year, that I have seen. The only exception is this year at safety.
So no one argued they should tie all contracts to QBs. Not sure where that came from.
Look at WR for an example. Just looking at 2nd contract guys and not elite veterans. And I don't need to be very precise so rounded figures will do just to illustrate the point. 2016--Baldwin was 11.5 M, Allen was 11.2. 2017-- Adams was 14.5 M, Jeffrey was 13 M. 2018--Watkins, Evans, and Cooks were all around 16 M, Landry was 15+ M. I will just say it avgs. out to 16 M for 2018.
By a rough calculation, that's 11.5 to around 14 to around 16. Across 3 years that's around 40%. The increase from 2017 to 2018 alone is around 15%.
As I said, I don't need to be too precise here because in all cases it's going to be higher than 10% in 3 years. I mention that because one figure mentioned for what the Rams are offering (and we don't know if it is accurate) was 21 M. 21 M would just be an increase over Von Miller's 2016 deal of 10% in 3 years. Nobody's increase at any other position is just 10% in 3 years.
