Former Green Bay Packers executive Andrew Brandt has a history of summing up NFL player contracts by saying “it’s actually X years and then ‘we’ll see.’” How many years comes before the “we’ll see” is usually a result of the dead-cap hits that would be incurred by a team if they moved on from the contracted player. With the Buffalo Bills signing tight end Dawson Knox to a (at face value) four-year, $53.6 million extension that puts him under team control through 2026, the matter of value (and specifically, the value at the tight end position) has come up again in the NFL.
Opinion: Dawson Knox’s contract extension is smart risk management by Bills
