That's misleading. The era of $20 million quarterbacks hasn't been around that long.kidfozzy. wrote:Last time a QB getting paid over $20 million-a-year led a team to the Super Bowl?
Zero.
Focus that money on resigning our defensive players. Cousins will command top dollar.
It's also untrue. Matt Ryan made $23.75 million in 2016 ($15.75 million in salary, $8 million in bonus). Tom Brady's average compensation for his current contract is over $20 million, even though his "salary" is technically $1 million.
As for focusing money on the defense -- no team that spent more money on defense than offense has won the Super Bowl in the past five years (which is the farthest Over The Cap goes back), and only one team has even made it. Take a guess which unit the Vikings spent the most on last year.