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even accepting that they gave their sex pest QB $46M/yr over 5 year. They've tried to be clever and him sucking and/or getting hurt have made them miss their window most likely.

They have paid him $46M each of these first three years, but have jiggered the contract in such a way to minimize how much it counts against the cap each year. Yet that is robbing Peter to pay Paul; every dollar paid to a player counts against the cap within 5 years maximum and often much less, depending on the contract structure. By the end of this season they will have paid him $138M, but only accounted for $57M on their cap. That missing $81M which has been paid but not accounted for will hit their cap over the next three years, as will the $92M left to be paid over the 4th and 5th years. There will be a roster fire sale (with or without a Superbowl) -- his cap number for each of the next two years stands at $73M, with another $27M the year after when he isn't even under contract anymore.