Oddly enough, a friend and I were discussing this yesterday. He said "He should take the pay cut. Denver has a great D and will contend with decent QB play." I said "On what ******* planet do you take a 6m paycut so the team can win. Unless you're Tom Brady and your wife makes more than Goodell anyway."
So, yeah, I agree with CK. Gimme my money this year and we'll see what happens next. And, hopefully, he called Elway "horseface" or something before he hung up.