Explaining Patrick Mahomes' pay drop: QB’s 2026 cut in pay is really the Chiefs’ biggest cap trick
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Patrick Mahomes has agreed to clean up the ugliest line on the Kansas City Chiefs’ books. According to ESPN, the quarterback signed off on a restructure that drops his 2026 cap hit from $78.2 million to about $34.65 million, freeing roughly $43.5 million in space.This is not a simple “pay cut.” Mahomes will still see elite money over the life of the deal, but the way he is paid is changing. After missing the 2025 playoffs at 6-11 and watching him tear his ACL in December, the Chiefs are using his contract as the main lever to rebuild around him.Mahomes’...