Hey, you: Stop inflating the cost Sam Bradford's eventual contract

Hey, you. Yeah, you, the guy over there who seems willing to sacrifice his life, or at least dignity, to protect Jeffrey Lurie's money. Relax. It's going to be OK. Sam Bradford is not going to make $25 million a year. He isn't going to make $20 million a year. Heaven and earth will not collide the day he puts the pen to the paper.

These are some facts you should know:

1) The cap hit of a Bradford contract for 2016 could very well be lower than it was last season, when he earned $13 million.

Here was the cap hit of recent quarterback contracts in Year 1, per OverTheCap.com:

Alex Smith: 4.6 million

Jay Cutler: $10.4 million

Andy Dalton: $9.1 million

Russell Wilson: $7.1 million

Ryan Tannehill: $11.6 million

2) Bradford's cap number will not rise to $25 or $20 million or whatever ridiculous number you are throwing out as an example of why signing him to a multi-year deal will sink the Eagles for the next decade.

Again, here are the facts, i.e. the average annual cap hit in Years 2 through 4 of the aforementioned deals:

Smith: $16.5 million

Cutler: $17.5 million

Dalton: $14 million

Wilson: $20 million

Tannehill: $20 million

3) The Eagles will not need to commit to having Bradford on their roster for more than three seasons, regardless of the announced length of the deal.

Consider that Tannehill signed a four-year extension with an $11.6 million cap number in the first year and cap numbers of $20 million in years two through four, but here's the important part: The Dolphins can move on from Tannehill anytime after Year 1 for dead money cap charges of $6.9, $4.6 or $2.3 million.

The Bears can move on from Cutler after Year 4 for $2 million in dead money.

The Bengals can move on from Dalton after Year 3 for $4.8 million in dead money, after Year 4 for $2.4 million in dead money.

4) In real money terms, Bradford will require a committment of three years and $45 to $54 million with what are essentially a series of option years after Year 3. That's how these contracts are structured. All of them. Granted, none of them are negotiated on the open market, but I don't think that the market for Bradford is really open until March 1, when the Eagles would no longer have the threat of the franchise tag.

So, yeah, you, just stop with the hysteria. If you don't want to give Sam Bradford Ryan Tannehill or Jay Cutler money, that's fine. But, A) Know what the actual money is, and, B) Understand that markets determine how much quarterbacks are worth, not your ideals.