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Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford was the NFL’s highest-paid player at $27 million per year when the 2017 regular season began. He had just signed a five-year, $135 million contract extension.
Quarterback salaries skyrocketed over the next few years. By the start of the 2023 regular season, Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow was the league’s highest-paid player with his five-year, $275 million extension averaging $55 million per year.
The top of the quarterback market more than doubled during those six years. By contrast, the salary cap increased by 34.61% from $167 million in 2017 to $224.8 million in 2023. Even if there hadn’t been a sharp decrease in the salary cap in 2021 because of the COVID pandemic, the growth in quarterback salaries would still easily dwarf the growth in salary cap over that span.
NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero recently mentioned in an interview on “The Rich Eisen Show” that a select group of owners have discussed a cap on quarterback salaries. He acknowledged that the idea hasn’t really gained traction yet because numerous teams have already given lucrative contracts to quarterbacks.
Nonetheless, it may be more than a coincidence that Pelissero disclosed the information last month a few days after Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence tied Burrow, 2020’s first-overall pick, as the league’s highest-paid player at $55 million per year. Lawrence, 2021’s first-overall pick, isn’t nearly as accomplished as Burrow through three NFL seasons. He didn’t live up to expectations last season. The Jaguars also imploded down the stretch by losing five of the last six games to miss the playoffs after being in control of the AFC South with an 8-3 record.
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Author : Joel Corry
Publish date : 2024-07-10 19:30:26
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