Kyle Juszczyk is the highest-paid fullback in the NFL after signing a four-year, $21 million deal with the 49ers, while Patrick DiMarco is also up there thanks to his free-agent deal. Get all the latest NFL Football news now! With an average annual salary of $23 million per year, Bakhtiari becomes the highest-paid offensive lineman in NFL history. Manning is the highest paid NFL player of all time, earning a total of $252.3 million from salary alone over his career. Regardless, Stafford is one of the league’s highest-paid players. There’s no case against paying him. He was the 23rd pick over all in the 1978 draft and went to the Cleveland Browns where he played from 1978-1990. 59. Quiz clue: Team / Salary / Primary position. He was a difference maker on special teams. Many become enamored with … An undrafted quarterback out of college, Romo defied the odds to become one of the NFL's top-paid players of all time. Like the men above him, the 6-foot-3 Newton was a darn good player. MORE: The NFL's highest-paid players in 2020 Other NFL coaching salaries are more openly known. The official source for NFL news, schedules, stats, scores and more. Bates wasn't just a feel-good story about an undrafted player who made the roster. Cooper just put ink to a $100-million contract. He could be a staple of the network’s football coverage for a long time. Ironically, one of the highest-paid players in the NFL also hails from the Seattle Seahawks. Comprehensive National Football League news, scores, standings, fantasy games, rumors, and more 2020 NFL predictions: Expert picks for Super Bowl LV, MVP, Offensive Player of the Year and other major awards Predictions for every single major award in the upcoming season By Cody Benjamin The Saints' highest-paid player heading into the 2020-21 season is Drew Brees who carries a $20.6 million cap hit. Can you name the highest-paid player on every NBA team entering the 2020-21 season? In November 2019, Philadelphia made three-time Pro Bowler Brandon Brooks the highest-paid guard with a four-year deal worth $54.2 million. He was selected for the Pro-bowl multiple times and set a number of records in his time as an NFL player, and in 1999 was inducted into the Hall of Fame. He won three Super Bowls and earned six Pro Bowl and two All-Pro selections throughout his 17-year career. It makes sense if Scherff's deal is close to this figure. Texans make Nick Caserio one of the highest paid general managers in the NFL. Bill Bates. In his NFL career, Romo earned just over $127 million and averaged $9.1 million per year, according to Over the Cap. During his final season in the NFL, he played for the Seattle Seahawks. At the time, it was an NFL record (though more recent ones to Aaron Rodgers and Matt Ryan have since surpassed it). There are a handful of viable options at No. One of only three NFL placekickers to be selected in the first round of a draft, Janikowski is the Raiders' all-time leading scorer at 1,799 points and appeared in more games with the franchise than any other player at 268 games. ... old one of the highest paid GMs in all of football now. In 2017, Stafford signed a five-year extension worth $135 million. Lured out of retirement by an offer to become the league's highest-paid player, Graham returned in 1955. 19, but the best current player is the highest-paid receiver in football. The answer is yes. It appears the Seahawks’ owner Jody Allen likes to be at both ends of the spectrum when it comes to player… For perspective, a starting one-year rookie has a minimum income of $435,000. Not a shabby income, but still far below the $2 million that gets more publicity. The median salary for all NFL players is $860,000. Ballard deserves to be the highest-paid general manager in the sport. Highest paid players in the National Football League 2020 Players of the NFL ranked by earnings from salary/bonuses & endorsements 2020 Players with most passing yards in NFL history 2021 The extension, which keeps the 29-year-old Bakhtiari under contract with the Packers through the 2024 season, comes with Bakhtiari in the final year of a four-year, $48 million … Salary figures and primary positions are courtesy of Spotrac. He's one of the best quarterbacks of all time and the team's most important player, so he's well-worth that money which makes him the 9th-highest-paid quarterback. Brown was not only one of the heaviest but one of the tallest NFL players of all time. The five-time MVP retired as the NFL’s all-time leader in passing yards (71,490) and touchdowns (539) and was the NFL record-holder for earnings on and off the field. Terrell Brown, 403 Pounds AP Photo/David Phillip. 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