Seems to me in the last handful of posts you've moved the goalposts around .... The discussion isn't really about "How much" but "How much is guaranteed."
This is a league where Tom Brady & Pat Mahomes triggers for non-guaranteed money.
Mahomes was only guaranteed $63m out of $477m over 10 years.
Here's the triggers ....
Each of those triggers is an escape clause for the franchise should he no longer be worth the financial outlay.
Basically, this is the leagues way of saying "we will pay you, but we will do so on our terms - without the risk of being stuck with you if you can't produce."
& players insure these contracts against injury so when the team cuts bait, they still collect.
In a league where injury is probable, franchises have no incentive to change how these contracts have been structured.
That's NOT collusion, it's common sense.
Cleveland wasn't landing Watson without that 100% guarantee AND being paid a considerable sum more than any other team offered. They were desperate and that desperation is already biting them in the ass. (That report above about a team crying that they didn't get a chance to match is a fabrication - No other team was going into that uncharted territory).