As the NFL raises its salary cap every year, the demands of the league’s premier stars rise along with it. Several quarterbacks have already cashed in, nearly breaking the bank, and now players at other positions are beginning to do the same.
Earlier this offseason, wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase and pass-rushers Myles Garrett and T.J. Watt became the first two non-quarterbacks in NFL history to eclipse an average annual salary of $40 million per year, and there are plenty more coming. The 30-year-old Watt is making $41 per season for the next three seasons, and now more EDGE rushers are clamoring for similar contracts.