It's critical that key players play up to their contracts.
The Green Bay Packers continue to make their best players among the highest paid in the NFL at their position. This week’s extension of cornerback Jaire Alexander is the latest example. Of the thirteen position groups on an NFL roster, the Packers now have one of the top ten highest paid players in seven of those groups.
In order to compare apples to apples, I am using average annual salary as the benchmark. The various ways to manipulate cap hits make it too convoluted to compare any other way.