When you draft a quarterback in the first round, you can only hope that it costs you half a billion dollars down the road. Because if you’re throwing that kind of money around, that means that you’re paying the market price for greatness at the most important position in the game.
Looking around the AFC North and seeing the likes of Lamar Jackson and Joe Burrow and Deshaun Watson, either on the verge of being paid very handsomely or having already been compensated so, Omar Khan, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ general manager, only hopes he has the same problem.