Every couple of years, there is a non-quarterback bargain that seems like it’s predestined to transform some component of the NFL’s income landscape.
Ndamukong Suh’s 2015 agreement with the Miami Dolphins placed a protective deal with on the limit of making a then-staggering $20 million per period. In 2018, Kirk Cousins reimagined the quarterback range, securing $28 million a year. In 2022 it was a gold mine: the Dolphins made Tyreek Hillside the very first $30 million annually wideout in NFL background, the Los Angeles Rams granted protective deal with Aaron Donald a $31.6 million annually expansion– putting elite protective electrician back right into air– and Aaron Rodgers punctured the $50 million per period mark with the Environment-friendly Bay Packers.
Every one of these bargains either trembled the ground or punched via a ceiling. On Monday, Minnesota Vikings wideout Justin Jefferson did both, authorizing a four-year, $140 million expansion that makes him the greatest paid non-quarterback in the NFL at $35 million per period.
Make indisputable, this was a pass receiver finalizing for quarterback cash. It’s a bargain that, when it’s superimposed with present beginning QB agreements, places Jefferson smack-dab in the center of the pack: slotted simply behind Aaron Rodgers’ $37.5 million with the New york city Jets, and simply before the recently produced $33.3 million ordinary income the Tampa fl Bay Buccaneers are paying Baker Mayfield. It likewise matches the $35 million the Vikings paid Kirk Cousins in 2023.
So while Minnesota’s previous beginning quarterback could have left for the Atlanta Falcons, his income really did not. Currently the Vikings will certainly get in 2024 with a quarterback income on the lineup … yet paid to the group’s No. 1 receiver.
The Minnesota Vikings are paying pass receiver Justin Jefferson a quarterback-level income, which has large effects for various other wideout trying to find brand-new agreements. (Picture by Nic Antaya/Getty Pictures)
That’s significant in Minnesota as the Vikings are taking on the newbie quarterback income of J.J. McCarthy to draw this entire point off– handling to maintain the cap stabilized in 2024 while likewise salving $43.4 million in dead cap fees connected to …
