Jacksonville's biggest splash on the first day of free agency was to lure Christian Kirk to Madden 23 Coins North Florida with a four-year, $72M deal that could bring as much as $84M If he can meet goals for performance escalators. It was a royal ransom for a receiver who was a perennial third-party possibility with the Cardinals offense, and only had a significant amount of time as a starter in 2021 in which he recorded 982 yards. Affirming their commitment, combined with the requirement to pay the "bad team tax" the Jaguars obliterated the market for wide receivers in only one deal. Kirk was more than just 27th in the league in yards per reception in the last season, he wasn't even viewed as the best receiver among these free agents. So when he was rewarded as an elite franchise cornerstone, everything shifted.

The tenor abruptly changed. It became apparent that Green Bay wasn't going to be able to agree to signing Adams for the lengthy contract they were hoping for leading to his departure. Hill had been involved in discussions with the Chiefs too, but now money had become the key issue. You can't really blame Adams or Hill for this situation. If somebody like Kirk is making $74M with an assured $37M -- it's within reason that two of Madden NFL 23's best have contracts that are worth nine figures.

This wassimply difficult for the teams to take on. With Aaron Rodgers and Patrick Mahomes on big-money contract extensions, it's unwise to allocate more than an entire quarter of the wage limit to two players -but without putting at risk the entire team by doing so. In addition, the common DNA between Las Vegas and Miami is that they'ren't spending too much on the position of QB. Derek Carr is at the last of an extension he signed in 2017 that is set to count just over $19M against the cap for the year ahead, while Tua Tagovailoa has remained on the rookie contract. Both teams have enough space to absorb a mammoth penalty for a top-flight player under Madden NFL 23's newest ballooning pay.

The paradigm shift underscores how ill-prepared the Madden NFL 23 could have been for the huge increase in the pay of receivers. The year before, Amari Cooper was the sole WR to earn more than $20 million, with the majority of top contract offers for receivers falling in the range of $10-15M. Now, there are five receivers set to earn more than $20 million, and seven who are earning more than $15M. There's going to be a lot of pain in the coming years and extremely tough choices. While QB and WR pay are increasing rapidly, the cap on salary has not kept up. In Buy Madden 23 Coins the last four years the cap is only up $20M, while positional salaries have risen, particularly when it comes to offense.