data-mm-id=”_5dokc5lyd”>On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Chargers signed Justin Herbert to a five-year, $262.5 million deal, giving him the highest yearly salary in NFL history. While Herbert is a fine quarterback who has put up big numbers during his three-year career, the real takeaway from this news is that the Kansas City Chiefs got an absolute steal with Patrick Mahomes' contract extension. In April of 2020, Mahomes signed a 10-year extension worth $477 million, with another $26 million in potential bonuses. That's a 10-year, $502 million deal. Mahomes is 27, has won two Super Bowls, and taken the Chiefs to a third, and he's the unquestioned best quarterback in football, and he's not even among the top-five in average per year salaries at his position. Currently, He…