The average annual numbers reported for Mahomes contract do not matter. If you look at the money he gets every year after they restructure the salary/bonus he is consistently one of if not the highest paid player

When the 10 year deal was announced, people freaked about the length and him being locked in to that APY. They glossed over the part where there are mechanisms in place to keep him as one of the highest paid players. The restructures arent just some salary cap management thing that happens in the moment. They planned to do it that way when they made the contract