Quick answer: 'typical' to me means around 15% of the cap for starter-quality QBs signing their second contract.
The Rams may well be handing out more big contracts than other teams, and in that regard what the Rams are doing may be unorthodox, but giving Goff 15.58% of the 2021 cap is in line with what the NFL has been doing for starter-quality QBs signing their 2nd contract for a while.
Here is every starting-caliber QB who signed their second contract over a 7 year period, spanning 2015 thru 2021. On average they got 15.13% of the cap that was (or will be) in place for the first year of their contract.
2015, Wilson, 4 yr., $87.6M, $21.9M (15.28%)
2015, Newton, 5 yr., $103.8M, $20.76M (14.49%)
2015, Tannehill, 4 yr., $77M, $19.25M (13.44%)
2016, Luck, 5 yr., $123M, $24.59M (15.83%)
2017, Carr, 5 yr., $125M, $25M (14.97%)
2018, Cousins, 3 yr., $84M, $28M (15.8%)
2018, Garoppolo, 5 yr., $137.5M, $27.5M (15.51%)
2021, Wentz, 4 yr., $128M, $32M (approx 14.88%)
2021, Goff, 4 yr., $134M, $33.5M (approx 15.58%)
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