Okay so doing a little simple math, let's take that $2.716M and the $24.4M, and add 2 more years at $40M each. That totals $107.116M. Divide it by 4 and you have $26.78M per year. That would be a serious bargain for the team, (easy for me to say as it's not my money), and also give JSN and his family security against the possibility of a serious injury, god forbid.
Or you could even add a 5th year at $45M, which works out to $30.42M per year. Still a bargain from a team standpoint, even more security for JSN and his family, and he would still have recognition as being the highest paid WR in the league.
That seems rather simple and logical to me. Am I missing something?
I think the only thing you're missing is NONE of that $107M (or $152M with a 5th year) is guaranteed... and therefore your proposal would be a non-starter with Jaxon and his agent.
Otoh, if years one, two, and three were fully guaranteed... $67M in escrow... I believe it would also be a non-starter because Jaxon would not be protected from a serious injury... so a signing bonus would likely become a necessity for Jaxxon and his agent... they would require money up front.
So, let's hypothetically add a 5th year at your suggested $45M... bring the total up to $152M. Top of the market fully guaranteed money for WRs is currently $110M... so let's assume Jaxon would get $115M for the time being.
Now the question becomes... how much signing bonus do you want to give Jaxon and keep his 2026 cap hit somewhat team-friendly (currently projected to be $4.6M). Anything less than $20M would be insulting imo... so let's assume it's $20M, which John and his cap management team would balk it.
What this little exercise tells me is... it makes no good sense to extend Jaxon until after the 2026 season... when the Hawks have the 5th year option to work with salary cap-wise.
The only potential sticking point with waiting is Jaxon's 2026 salary is only $2.7M... not even 2x what he was physically paid in 2025 ($1.55M).
