If you’ve been shocked by the length of Patrick Mahomes’ new 10-year, $ 503 million contract with the Kansas City Chiefs, don’t worry, you’re not alone. Just like Patrick Mahomes. When Mahomes learned from his agent, Leigh Steinberg, that he would get a 10-year extension from the Chiefs, the quarterback didn’t know what to think, and that’s because he didn’t even know it was legal. for NFL teams. to give 10-year offers.
Mahomes revealed that fact this week when asked about his record-breaking contract in a one-on-one interview with CBSSports.com.
“There were two things I said when we entered negotiations: I wanted to keep great players around me and I wanted to have long term security for my family,” said Mahomes. “I certainly wasn’t thinking about 10. I didn’t even know the NFL contracts did that.”
Donovan McNabb didn’t know that NFL games could end in ties, and Patrick Mahomes didn’t know that a 10-year deal was possible.
In Mahomes’ defense, he was probably unaware that long deals were possible because they almost never happen. In fact, before the Mahomes deal was made, there had only been five extensions of 10 years or more in NFL history. The Chiefs quarterback was just 9 when the last 10-year contract came in 2004, which involved Michael Vick.
Apparently, NFL teams fell a little in love with the idea of a 10-year deal at the turn of the century, as the five 10-year extensions leading up to Mahomes’ deal took place over a period of three years between March 2001 and December 2004. The first 10-year extension was granted to Brett Favre, who was later followed by Drew Bledsoe (March 2001), Donovan McNabb (September 2002), Daunte Culpepper (May 2003) and Vick (December 2004) all obtaining long extensions.
One thing that all of these deals have in common is that none of them came to fruition. Not a single player on this list ended up playing the full 10 years of his contract, which could be one of the reasons why NFL teams have started to shy away from long contracts.
As for Mahomes, aside from the length of the deal, the quarterback’s contract also includes several other interesting clauses. For example, there is a list of sports he is no longer allowed to play, and you can find out more by clicking here.
For more on the Mahomes deal, be sure to click here to check out his interview with CBSSports.com where he gives the scoop on his record-breaking deal and what he thinks about the expectations that come with signing the biggest deal in the world. the sport. the story.
