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Trevor Lawrence recently became the latest in a long line of quarterbacks to raise eyebrows with a long-term contract extension, securing a $275 million commitment from the Jacksonville Jaguars despite an uneven start to his NFL career. It’s par for the course in a league dominated by signal-callers: Even reasonably effective starters are due big bucks as teams fight to maintain continuity under center.
But how does Lawrence’s deal truly stack up to other lucrative deals at the position? More broadly, how do today’s big-money extensions actually affect the paying teams? Per-year averages are an important figure, but because of the position’s ever-inflating market, top-of-the-line deals quickly become outdated. So we’re looking instead at the percentage of the annual salary cap that quarterback deals command.
For instance, all teams have a league-designated cap of $255.4 million in 2024, and while the Jaguars just signed Lawrence, the former No. 1 overall draft pick only counts $15 million against the cap in 2024, or roughly 5.9%. That leaves roughly 94% of the cap for other players. In three years, however, Lawrence is owed $35 million in 2027, when he’s projected to account for 11% of that year’s cap.
Using cap data from both Spotrac and Over the Cap, we’ve listed the top 15 highest-paid quarterbacks on a per-year basis, plus the average annual percentage of each deal against the projected cap:
Top 15 highest-paid QBs
What can we take away from these numbers, plus more specific windows of projected cap impacts? We’ve grouped some of the top 15 highest-paid quarterbacks into different categories, according to the results:
Biggest 2024 bargains
Jalen Hurts
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Jalen Hurts (5.2% of cap): Despite remaining a borderline top-five highest-paid quarterback,…
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Author : Cody Benjamin
Publish date : 2024-06-17 18:39:20
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