Anyone could have told you that. Paying a QB is a death sentence. Cousins can't carry a roster gutted by his own salary. Wilson and the Seahawks stopped being great once they had to pay him. Same with Newton and the Seahawks. Brady and Brees seem to be the only QBs worth paying (maybe Roethlisberger), and Brady takes a discount because he isn't the breadwinner in his household, so the Patriots roster isn't as bad as it could be if he was taking market value. Mahomes is the next hot thing, but as soon as that rookie deal is up, well see what happens with the Chiefs.