How can Chiefs keep paying players big money under salary cap? | NFL.com
So, why are the Chiefs able to get so many great players to buy into these team-friendly contracts?
When the world’s best football player is willing to leave money on the table, it begins a trend. (Sidenote: It’s easy to “leave money” when what’s being taken off that table is nearly half a billion dollars).
Not only did Mahomes ink a decade-long extension that will likely have him looking underpaid in a few years, he was vocal about the fact that he’d left money on the table so the Chiefs could keep a great team around him.