The league broke its previous record of signing the highest off-season contracts ever; the deals were valued at $10.5 Billion. The 2024 off-season of the NFL league has again shattered this record with new commitments that amount to upwards of $12.4 Billion. Other key contracts are Tristan Wirfs for a whooping $28.1 million, and Chris Jones for his $31.8 million, and the top ten would add up to earn $644 million, and Jared Goff leads this charts with an amount of $85.6 million.
Jared Goff Detroit Lions: $85.6 million. For that 29-year-old, however, he signed on to a four-year extension worth $212 million off a season in which he led the Lions into the playoffs for the first time in seven years. His pay split between on-field, worth $80.6 million, and off-field, worth $5 million-a signing bonus of $73 million-the largest in history until recently. In the 2024 season, Goff throws for 128 yards in a game once and 1,610 yards as the end of the season and had 10 touchdowns with four interceptions.
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Patrick Mahomes rounds out the top ten with his $81 million dollar salary. Need not be worried, however, since he will be lugging the largest contract in NFL history into battle at ten years and $450 million. Granted, ten others now earn more on an annual basis as averaged out but Mahomes seems less concerned with his average salary than his third successive Super Bowl championship. Thus far in the season, Mahomes has been phenomenal as the Chiefs remain 6-0. He has thrown completed 127 passes for 1,389 yards and six touchdowns.
Rounding out the top five is Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love, who steps up after three years backing Aaron Rodgers with $80.5 million. He’s thrown 4,159 yards and 32 touchdowns this year. Fourth comes Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow with $69.7 million, and rounding out the top five is Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert, who takes home $66.6 million, proving there’s some money involved with many of these quarterbacks.
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