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Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs have done it again.Even after a shaky first half, Mahomes & Co. beat out the 49ers to win their secondSuper Bowltitle in a row and third in five years.With their plans to return David Wright Jersey for the 2024 season, Kansas City will be rea sembling a top crew as the team look to run it back again in Super Bowl 59.One of the most important pieces to that puzzle is none other than Mahomes, who is the NFL's highest-paid player for a reason but also made his monster deal more team-friendly to aid on the three-peat quest.Here's what to know about where things stand for Mahomes from a contract perspective.The Chiefs reworked Mahomes' contract at the start of the 2023 season. In 2020, Mahomes inked a deal to a 10-year extension originally worth$503 million, including $477 million in guarantees.Under the restructured deal, he will be paid$210.6 Robinson Cano Jersey million over the next four seasons, an NFL record for a four-year span, .Yet even with the gaudy total, Mahomes also agreed to structure the deal in a way that maximizes the Chiefs' salary cap flexibility around his contract. The contract includes le s guaranteed Darryl Strawberry Jersey money than a usual quarterback deal.And Mahomes and the team could agree to lower his salary cap hit for 2024 ahead of the new league year in March. Such a deal would mean a salary cap hit for Mahomes in the range of $20 million, and it would save the team about $37 million in cap space, .That cap savings could help the team keep defensive Chris Jones and cornerback L'Jarius Sneadin the fold. Both areimpending free agents.The Chiefs quarterback has earned his contract with a long list of accomplishments, including being named NFL MVP twice en route to leading the Chiefs to six straight AFC championship games and three Super Bowls in the past five seasons.Mahomes is set to earn a base salary of $9.85 million in 2024 and a roster bonus of $34.9 million while carrying a cap hit of $58.60 million, . That comes before an Keith Hernandez Jersey reworking this offseason.Below is a breakdown of his Jed Lowrie Jersey contract over the next four seasons, including his base salary, bonuses, and cap hit, per.YearTotal bonusesCap hit2024$9,850,000$58,608,2692025$16,650,000$60,858 ,2692026$45,350,000$63,264,8882027$45,800,000$59,4 14,888Mahomes currently ranks at the very top of theNFL's highest-paid quarterbacks by contract value, .RankPlayerValue1Patrick Mahomes$450,000,0002Joe Burrow$275,000,0003Justin Herbert$262,500,0004Lamar Jackson$260,000,0005Josh Allen$258,034,000