So a 6.1% increase in the highest QB salary of 2017 would be a little over $25 million, but we see 2018 salaries much higher. Instead what we see for 2018 is $30 million being the top pay. That is over a 20% increase in top QB pay.

So if you are paying players 20% more when the cap only increased 6% you can see the math does not add up.

The arguments that AD should be paid a percentage based on QB is nonsense. If you really want to compare highest paid D players over time, measure their salary against the cap as a percentage of the total, this makes much more sense.

If you tried to sell your house in 2009 based on how much it increased the previous few years, you would be sitting on that listing for years. Markets matter, cash inventory matters. Let us stop with the bad arguments please.