Not sure how anyone else feels about this topic, but I have been relatively conservative on spending for a while. I know we wanted to tighten the belt a little bit on available cap space and salaries, but it seems that player asking prices during renegotiation or new offers is getting a bit out of hand compared to the cap growth.
For example: I am 71 mil under cap going into this season, with 40.4 mil reserved for draft picks. This leaves me about 31 mil under cap, which one would think is quite a bit. My #1 QB is asking $57 mil in bonus money. The best offer I can make over a 6 year offer (he is already in year 8 and don't want to extend to year 13 really) is for around $14 mil a season. Just like that I would be down to 17 mil in cap space. Very little room for re-signing and FAs after that.
Rookie contracts are really high IMO as well. I know we aren't mirroring the NFL exactly, but a 4yr/40mil contract is a bit excessive for a 1st rd pick. This years real NFL #1 signed for 4 yr/30 mil, once you get down to the #7 pick in the NFL, we are at 4 yr/20 mil (1-7 in 2032 MFN was 4yr/40mil+). The 1-32 pick from the MFN 2032 draft had a 4 yr/32 mil contract, 2-32 had a 4 yr/26 mil contract, and 3-32 had a 4 yr/18 mil deal. In comparison, the 1-28 in the NFL this year signed a 4 yr/ 8 mil rookie contract. Also, veterans are asking way too much as well for year 8, 9, and 10 players with 25-35 mil bonus requirements.
Long story short, I think salaries, bonus asks, cap. etc should be looked at again.
