Just weeks after calling Patrick Mahomes‘ current contract “criminal” by league standards, Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio is now reporting that the Chiefs could be looking to make Mahomes the highest paid player in the NFL once again before the season starts. Back in 2020, Mahomes signed a 10-year, $450 million dollar extension which made him the highest paid player at the time. Currently, as things sit, Mahomes is the seventh-highest paid QB and the Chiefs would have to top Lamar Jackson’s recent $52 million per year. Report: #Chiefs are expected to re-do Patrick Mahomes' contract to make him the highest-paid player in NFL history, per Mike Florio.Florio says that after talking to people about it, it's expected to happen prior to the beginning of the 2023 season.Mahomes signed a 10-year,… pic.twitter.com/r2MWLnqi9g— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) May 9, 2023 Facebook Twitter/X Email Post navigation WATCH: Harrison Butker stuns Georgia Tech students with commencement speech Did Donna Kelce reveal the date of the Chiefs/Eagles 2023 Super Bowl rematch?