On June 6th<\/sup>, the Eagles signed Carson Wentz to a four-year $128 million extension. This adds on to the two years remaining on his rookie contract (next\u00a0years\u00a05th-year option was picked up) keeping him under contract through\u00a02024. I know $32 million per year sounds like a lot. And I won\u2019t tell you it\u2019s not. But the overall contract isn\u2019t as bad as it sounds, and here is why:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Season<\/td>	2019<\/td>	2020<\/td>	2021<\/td>	2022<\/td>	2023<\/td>	2024<\/td><\/tr>
Salary<\/td>	$8.5M<\/td>	$22.8M<\/td>	$32M<\/td>	$32M<\/td>	$32M<\/td>	$32M<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n When you average his total current contract with the extension, his annual salary is $25.7 million. This is significantly lower than many other Quarterbacks in the league. (Wilson $35M, Roethlisberger $34M, Rodgers $33.5M, Ryan $30M). Albeit,$107.9 million is guaranteed, $66 million the moment he puts ink to paper. The Eagles still have quite a bit of cap space over those years especially with the yearly increase in the total cap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The contract helps the Eagles in other ways outside the team though. Two other Quarterbacks from the 2016 draft are preparing to sign contract extensions, and both are competition for the Eagles in trying to make it back to the Super Bowl.\u00a0Dak Prescott<\/a> of the Cowboys and Jared Goff<\/a> of the Rams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n The Cowboys have stated they are in talks with\u00a0Dak\u00a0Prescott in regards to signing him to an extension but the two sides have been unable to reach an agreement. The last reports were that\u00a0Dak\u2019s\u00a0team had sent a counteroffer to the Cowboys but they were still significantly off in regards to guaranteed money.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Rams, on the other hand, have openly stated they are not in talks with Jared Goff and his agent yet. While they have expressed interest in re-signing him, it is not something they are looking to do in the immediate future. Goff has\u00a0been fairly healthy through his career and managed to take the Rams to the Super Bowl last year, but only putting up 3 points against the Patriots. Another question for the Rams going forward is cap space. Goff will command a contract near, if not greater than that of Carson Wentz\u2019s, but the Rams are paying Todd Gurley<\/a> $60 million on a four-year contract. Recently the Rams announced he will no longer be an \u2018every-down bell cow\u2019 whatever that means\u2026 But to pay $15 million per year for a running back who isn\u2019t out there every down is a high cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While Wentz\u2019s contract is a high price, Howie has shown time and time again that he is a magician when it comes to cap space. The Cowboys and Rams<\/a>, however, will have to fork over the cash when they come to sign their franchise Quarterbacks. Let\u2019s see them work Howie\u2019s magic, otherwise, we might see two teams with limited weapons around their QB\u2019s white Wentz and the Eagles take a clear lead. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" That\u2019s what Eagles fans have been telling themselves every day since Week 14 in 2017. During that game, Wentz tore his ACL ending his season and watched Nick Foles takes the Eagles to their first Super Bowl win. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":116,"featured_media":14928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[106,170,191,545,679,1046],"class_list":["post-14927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-philadelphia-eagles","tag-los-angeles-rams","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-dak-prescott","tag-philadelphia","tag-carson-wentz"],"yoast_head":"\n