Super Bowl windows and the salary cap

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY SportsI’ve typically been a pretty ardent believer in the idea that the salary cap and its management on a per-team basis is something flexible enough that if you have a good front office, it will be able to manipulate its way into getting room to make decent moves every offseason.

But looking a little more closely at the Kansas City Chiefs has me thinking otherwise. Yes, they have a super star QB and a lot of stability that would be a welcoming place for free agents to flock.

But the problem is going to be what happens when Patrick Mahomes sets the new standard in NFL contracts? The market for his talent is realistic to be around $40 M / year. Sure, the teams can…