Over the past two years, it looks as if gigantic contracts have been handed out to star gamers throughout the NFL on a weekly foundation.
There are a number of gamers who’ve been due for large extensions this offseason, and on Thursday, the Jacksonville Jaguars gave quarterback Trevor Lawrence a five-year extension that may reportedly pay him $275 million.
Adam Schefter identified that Lawrence will now grow to be the highest-paid QB within the NFL on an annual foundation together with the Cincinnati Bengals’ Joe Burrow.
Highest paid QBs within the NFL on a per-year foundation:
🏈Trevor Lawrence: $55 million.
🏈Joe Burrow: $55M
🏈Jared Goff: $53M
🏈Justin Herbert: $52.5M
🏈Lamar Jackson: $52M
🏈Jalen Hurts: $51M https://t.co/0DMg4K6Tse— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) June 13, 2024
When Burrow received his five-year, $275 million extension final 12 months, it was the richest contract in league historical past when it comes to annual wage.
The marketplace for each quarterbacks and extensive receivers has gone by means of the roof over the past two years, and one has to surprise how rather more upward stress there will probably be on salaries for star gamers at each positions within the instant future.
Lawrence began to appear to be an absolute stud when he performed excellent soccer down the stretch of the 2022 season, his second within the NFL, and led the Jaguars to the divisional spherical of the playoffs.
Final season, nonetheless, his numbers considerably dipped.
He went from throwing for 4,113 yards and 25 touchdowns in 2022 to 4,016 passing yards and 21 passing touchdowns in 2023 whereas additionally throwing 14 interceptions in comparison with eight in 2022.
Whereas Calvin Ridley, Jacksonville’s best extensive receiver final 12 months, left in free company this offseason, they introduced in Gabriel Davis from the Buffalo Payments to attempt to exchange no less than a few of his manufacturing.
Lawrence must elevate his recreation as a way to get the Jaguars again to the playoffs, particularly in an improved AFC South.
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