Just a reminder to the people saying to get MHJ and figure out the qb situation later just how little an all time great, if not the greatest wide receiver ever, has on winning if you don’t have a decent quarterback. As great as MHJ might be the return he offers isn’t even a fraction to as much as if Maye or Caleb end up being great or even just good. The potential return on investment is just too much to pass up with a qb draft this highly touted.
If the Bears have a top 2 pick they aren’t even going to consider MHJ, the only chance is if the Panthers drop to 3 or later where you consider him and then a qb later with our pick.
Rookie contracts for Johnson, Suh, and Stafford were vastly different than what they would have gotten today. I think Stafford’s first contract was $72M? I think the current 1st overall picks get around $40M. And the total salary cap compared to now is so different that the $72M took up a bigger percentage of the total cap than any 1st overall pick would today. The Lions had that like 3 seasons in a row before the rookie salaries changed. I think something like 25-30% of the total cap went to those 3 players.