I don't know what else Steve Kahn was going to say when he was asked the question whether

or not Kyle or Murray, if he gets a new contract, there's going to be an issue. I think there will

be an issue if he doesn't get a new contract because without the extension, he's making $5.5 million

this year. The question is, and we spent a lot of time talking about this yesterday, and I'm not

going to rehash all of it, but the bottom line is the Cardinals want to sign him, and he wants to be signed.

But the challenge is finding the right number when you consider how crazy and upside down and unpredictable the quarterback market is.

It's not like it used to be, Chris, when it was driving you nuts, where whoever was up next became the highest paid player in league history by

$500,000 per year over the last guy. Now there's a $15 million range. We get the graphic. It's beautiful.

Top 10 quarterbacks have a $15 million range. So where do you put Kyle or Murray? When you consider

the salary cap keeps going up and up, and

you know, he's going to keep ascending. How do you properly peg this? And you know, you know me,

I'm a big proponent of a percentage of the salary cap. That's what I think it should be for franchise

quarterback. So you're protected against the cap going up and up and up. And you don't

have to try to go back and get a new deal every two or three years. You're always getting 15%

of the total cap dollars, 18%. 17.25783%. Whatever they agree to, that's what it should be.

And, you know, no one's done it yet. Murray's not going to have the leverage to do it,

not with two years left on his contract.

But that's the easiest way to solve this. That would be the right thing to do. The league just doesn't want the teams to do it. Well, yeah, sure. I don't think the teams definitely want to do it either. I mean, again, they know Kyler Murray's their guy going forward. To what extent, like to your point?

You know, do you want to just go, okay, 10 years Patrick Mahomes contract and we're good that way? You know, I think that's what's got to be figured out. And what exactly, what kind of money? You're right. The cap is going to explode. So, you know, I would expect if they get him in that sweet spot of, okay, now

let's sit down, he'd want something between the Dak Prescott and Mahomes' average money.

But again, two years from now, three years from now, that's not going to look as crazy as what

it is. So that's where they do. They have to find that sweet spot. I do know this.

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