Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes still has a couple more years left on his rookie deal, but general manager Brett Veach knows the team needs to start planning now for when they do have to pay him a big contract extension.
Adam Schefter of ESPN reported that when Mahomes is eligible for a contract extension, he might sign for upwards of $200 million. That's a staggering number, but it is something that Veach is planning for.
“(Director of football administration) Brandt Tilis and (football operations counsel and personnel executive) Chris Shea, I really got two good guys working for me,” Veach said via Arrowhead Pride. “Even last season when we were working through the free agents with Sammy (Watkins) and with Anthony (Hitchens) and Damien Williams, even at a different level there, everything we did last year, we were putting a plan together, and again this is pre-50 touchdown passes, 5,000 yards, we were prepared for Pat to have success and to be a franchise quarterback.”
Veach said this process started before last season began, and the team is still confident in it.
“So this process of structuring ourselves for the next [three to five] years with Pat in his current number and what the potential of his future number could be. We really started this process about a year ago, so I think we have a good plan, and I think everything we do structural-wise will allow for necessary room as we move forward with Pat and his deal down the line here.”
One positive for the Chiefs is the NFL is still a growing sport and the salary cap should continue to rise, which should help the team signing other players after Mahomes' inks his huge contract.
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