Matt Stafford Highest Paid Player

Mariota be like

 

Flota's still a long way from proving he's worth that kind of money.

 

Yep. Plus, Lions winning super bowl this year.

 

hes a year out from being able to redo his deal, 3 if we use the 5th year option on him

can you imagine what the going rate will be in 3 years?

in 2014 didnt jay Cutlers sorry ass get $18M/yr, now guys are getting $22-23M/yr!

By 2019 some guy could fetch upwards of $30M if the cap keeps going up the way it has been

 

Will Matt Stafford be the richest player in NFL history over the course of his career?

$72 million for his rookie deal.
$53 million extension in 2013.
$135 million contract in 2017.

He's only 29. This contract will expire when he's 34/35. He could get another smaller extension.

 

If hes anything like Brady or Brees in their late 30's hes will be

Eli a close 2nd also earning over 200 mjillion in his career

never woulda thought when these 2 were drafted theyd be the 2 highest grossing QB's ever

 

It's getting to point of... who else are you going to get? The next QB contract will probably be higher.

I mean... what would they do if they didn't keep Stafford?

 

also, Julius Peppers is the only non QB to top $155M in his career, thats nuts too

 

teams have no choice but to over pay the QB's, theres simply so few that if you dont someone else will...