Tiering all 32 NFL quarterback contract situations

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The NFL quarterback contract extensions come fast and furious these days. Each one either bigger or more complicated than the last.

First-round quarterbacks receive fully guaranteed deals with fifth-year options, and their teams spend the first three years trying to build out their rosters before it's time to pay them the really big money. Veterans receive second and third deals that break records for signing bonuses, guaranteed money or average salary. It can be a lot to track. What makes, say, Trevor Lawrence's deal different from Tua Tagovailoa's contract? What did Dak Prescott get in his deal that no one else did, and what does that mean for the Cowboys' salary cap…