I wonder about team building and how nfl decides worth.
Why did nfl QB salaries raise at a faster rate than other positions with owners paying up ? How did they decide Goff gets $30m because he’d turn down $25m
While a good rookie gets squeezed because nfl drafts busts even if they hype them and make money off the hope they aren’t busts …
Are they extending veteran careers ? No Tate ?
Who business decision and is it good one on why the QB gets paid so much more and is that a minefield for the QB to negotiate ?
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With the help of Jason Fitzgerald of Over The Cap, I’ve listed the top five average salaries in the NFL at five-year intervals—2012, 2017, 2022. What’s obvious is how the quarterbacks have taken advantage of the rising tide of average salaries. In the span of 10 years, the highest average quarterback salary has risen 152 percent, from Drew Brees’ $20-million average compensation in 2012 to Aaron Rodgers’ $50.3 million this year.
Just think: If the average QB salary goes up 152 percent between now and 2032, the highest-paid QB in 2032 (Joe Burrow? Justin Herbert? Bryce Young? Arch Manning?) will have a contract averaging $126.8 million.
Perhaps this column section should be entitled Potential Insanity of the Week.
The five highest average NFL salaries in 2012, ’17 and ’22, along with the salary-cap in each of the three seasons:
That teams are seeing as well as predicting the drop in talent from the current draft and future drafts as they make their Money in high School and college endorsements…
If there is reason the NFL may fail it’s losing its source of players….
Why risk injury in the NFL if you all have 8 million in the bank?
Look at this draft and compare it to past ones… if this type of draft starts happening more and more…. It’s saying the talent level is dropping….
Wrong or right we now have a system in place to make more busts than ever due to monies already made
I’d also say it could be the other way where talent evens but busts become more rare as players become more business savvy. Approach game like a professional earlier.
Even looking at Justin Herbert - should he sit and make the nfl look bad because he’s obviously already worth way more than he’s being paid based on how much other franchise QBs are getting … Herbert wasn’t responsible for Jamarcus Russell but he’s paying for J Russell.
When the Discrepancy between the rookie cap deals vs what the players are actually worth … becomes so large
Imo I don’t know how a player far exceeding his contract numbers risks injury after seeing the type of deal D Watson can get after missing a year and having controversy.
But it’s an nfl owner who gave Watson the deal.
Years ago, the old den iirc, there was a discussion about Stafford’s salary and how no teams paying their QB the equivalent of 14% of cap ever won the SB.
I wonder if that percentage is still 14% or has it gone up to…what now?
I think the boom in QB salaries has been triggered by all of the rules changes.
It isn’t just the rookie wage scale rules.
Enforcement of strict PI rules help the the passing offense. QBs can barely be hit any longer, which makes it more likely they can play all 17 games in a season… and extends their careers.
In contrast, the rules have tanked the value of RBs, run-stuffing DTs, and most off-ball LBs because of this shift to more passing.
These changes have dramatically increased the value of the QB on field. More QBs throw for 5000 yards than ever before…. and offenses routinely throw on more than 60% of plays… when thry used to often have a more 50-50 run pass split.
