The market rate for top-level cornerbacks surged this week as new contract extensions were hammered out for big names around the league. Buffalo Bills corner Tre’Davious White raised the bar by signing a deal averaging $17.5 million per season, and Los Angeles Rams defender Jalen Ramsey leaped it by earning his own payday at $21 million per year.
While he’s under contract through 2021 after the New Orleans Saints triggered his fifth-year option, this movement spells out great news for 24-year old cornerback Marshon Lattimore. Lattimore is younger than both White and Ramsey, and is one of the next free agents-to-be at their position due for an extension (along with Seattle Seahawks star Shaquill Griffin).