Author: nfltalk

Wasn’t that long ago Maxx Crosby reset the market for players who aren’t quarterbacks. Since Crosby signed an extension earlier this month that put him at a $35.5 million average annual salary, two players have since surpassed that mark over the next two weeks.

Of course, both of those record-setting extensions fell on a Sunday. Myles Garrett previously owned that title as the Cleveland Browns gave him a $40 million extension with a historic $122.8 million guaranteed. Just a week later, Ja’Marr Chase reset the market as the Cincinnati Bengals gave him a four-year, $161 million deal that pays him an average of $40.25 million a season. 

With Chase joining Garrett in the $40 million non-quarterback club, Chase’s deal will certainly impact other non-quarterbacks whose agents are popping bottles while negotiating extensions for their superstar clients. Micah Parsons, Aidan Hutchinson and Trey Hendrickson are awaiting new contracts and stand to benefit the most from Garrett and Chase’s new deals. 

This list will certainly change over the course of the offseason, but here are the 10 highest-paid non-quarterbacks in the NFL at this very moment.

Highest-paid non-quarterbacks in average annual salary

Ja’Marr ChaseCincinnati BengalsWR$40,250,000Myles GarrettCleveland BrownsDE$40,000,000  

Maxx Crosby

Las Vegas Raiders

DE

$35,500,000

Justin Jefferson

Minnesota Vikings

WR

$35,000,000

CeeDee Lamb

Dallas Cowboys

WR

$34,000,000

Nick Bosa

San Francisco 49ers

DE

$34,000,000

A.J. Brown

Philadelphia Eagles

WR

$32,000,000

Chris JonesKansas City ChiefsDT$31,750,000

Amon-Ra St. Brown

Detroit Lions

WR

$30,002,500

DK MetcalfPittsburgh SteelersWR$30,000,000

Tyreek Hill

Miami Dolphins

WR

$30,000,000

Brandon Aiyuk

San Francisco 49ers

WR

$30,000,000

Wide receivers still dominate the highest-paid non-quarterbacks list based on average per year salary, as eight of them are in the top-12 with Hill, Metcalf and Aiyuk tied for 10th. Pass…

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In some respects, the posting of an item on PFT operates like a bat signal.

Stymied in our effort through usual channels to get a full breakdown of quarterback Sam Darnold’s three-year, $100.5 million deal with Seattle, we posted a little while ago that the numbers aren’t available.

And, within 20 minutes, the numbers arrived.

Per a source with knowledge of the terms, here’s the rough breakdown:

1. 2025 compensation: $37.5 million, fully guaranteed.

2. 2026 compensation: $27.5 million, $17.5 million of which is guaranteed for injury and becomes fully guaranteed in the week after Super Bowl LX.

3. 2027 compensation: $35.5 million, non-guaranteed.

The deal also includes $2 million per year for individual performance, $2.5 million per year for postseason performance, and $500,000 per year for team performance.

The structure allows the Seahawks to escape the contract after one year and $37.5 million. While it’s generally frowned upon for teams to scrap contracts when the guarantee flips from injury-only to full in the early days of the waiver period, that’s what the Raiders did with Derek Carr in 2023. (The good news for the player is that it gives him a head start on free agency, by more than a month.)

If the Seahawks pick up the second year of the Darnold contract at $27.5 million, it’s a two-year, $65 million deal. That’s an average of $32.5 million per year.

The upside of $5 million per year could push the total value of the contract from $33.5 million per year to $38.5 million per year. Unlocking those payments would entail the kind of player/team performance that would make the Seahawks more than happy to pay every penny.

Bottom line? If Darnold regresses in 2025, he could be released after only one season. And the Seahawks will be out only $37.5 million. With Geno Smith apparently looking for much more than $37.5 million per year on a new deal in Seattle, the strategic decision to pivot from Smith to…

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The full picture of the 2025 NFL Draft is coming into view. Once the Super Bowl had been resolved, the first-round order was known. When the compensatory selections were announced Wednesday, the draft order for all seven rounds fell into place. 

NFL teams are moving toward draft day as well. Free agency is largely complete and attention will turn to the next phase in the talent acquisition portion of the offseason. With the completion of the NFL Scouting Combine, teams will continue to gather information on draft prospects through pro days and 30 visits to ensure they are prepared on opening night (April 24) of the 2025 NFL Draft.

The full draft order for all seven rounds can be found below. 

Round 1

#Team Name1Tennessee Titans2Cleveland Browns3New York Giants4New England Patriots5Jacksonville Jaguars6Las Vegas Raiders7New York Jets8Carolina Panthers9New Orleans Saints10Chicago Bears11San Francisco 49ers12Dallas Cowboys13Miami Dolphins14Indianapolis Colts15Atlanta Falcons16Arizona Cardinals17Cincinnati Bengals18Seattle Seahawks19Tampa Bay Buccaneers20Denver Broncos21Pittsburgh Steelers22Los Angeles Chargers23Green Bay Packers24Minnesota Vikings25Houston Texans26Los Angeles Rams27Baltimore Ravens28Detroit Lions29Washington Commanders30Buffalo Bills31Kansas City Chiefs32Philadelphia Eagles

Round 2

#Team Name33Cleveland Browns34New York Giants35Tennessee Titans36Jacksonville Jaguars37Las Vegas Raiders38New England Patriots39Chicago Bears (from Carolina)40New Orleans Saints41Chicago Bears42New York Jets43San Francisco 49ers44Dallas Cowboys45Indianapolis Colts46Atlanta Falcons47Arizona Cardinals48Miami Dolphins49Cincinnati Bengals50Seattle Seahawks51Denver Broncos52Pittsburgh Steelers53Tampa Bay Buccaneers54Green Bay…..

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Parris Campbell is headed to Dallas, the Cowboys announced Saturday.

The deal is for one year, per multiple reports.

The Cowboys will be the fourth team for Campbell in the past four seasons, his third in the NFC East. He spent 2023 with the Giants and 2024 with the Eagles.

He played five games with the Super Bowl LIX champions, catching six passes for 30 yards and a touchdown. Campbell saw action on 140 offensive snaps and nine on special teams.

Campbell, 27, entered the NFL as a second-round pick of the Colts in 2019. In his four years with the Colts, he caught 97 passes for 983 yards and five touchdowns.

Campbell’s best season came in 2022 with the Colts where he was the team’s second leading receiver with 63 receptions for 623 yards and three touchdowns.

In his career, Campbell has 123 receptions for 1,117 yards and six touchdowns in 49 games.

He becomes the most experienced wide receiver on the Cowboys’ roster ahead of CeeDee Lamb by one year. He’ll be the second oldest at the position behind KaVontae Turpin (28).

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NFL teams have been spending more like a drunken sailor this week, thanks to a higher-than-expected 2025 salary cap. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, players have collectively signed contracts worth $4.88 billion, including $2.19 billion fully guaranteed at signing since Monday.  

Once teams could officially begin contacting the agents of players with expiring contracts as the two-day negotiating window that’s a precursor to the start of free agency opened on Monday, it was a seller’s market as usual. The tide is turning since the first wave of free agency is essentially over. It’s now a buyer’s market.   

The NFL annual owners meeting, which is March 30-April 2 in Palm Beach, Florida, typically signifies the end of free agency for all practical purposes. Teams will devote most of their attention to the upcoming NFL Draft held April 24-26 after the meeting wraps up.

Here are 10 contract-related thoughts and observations relating to free agency and the early part of the offseason.

The Buffalo Bills renegotiated 2024 NFL MVP Josh Allen’s contract although he had four years worth $154,554,595 remaining on the six-year, $258 million extension averaging $43 million per year (worth a maximum of $288 million through incentives) he signed in 2021. It’s extremely unusual for a team to essentially rip up a contract with four years left like the Bills did.

It’s what happened with the Cleveland Browns’ ill-fated trade for Deshaun Watson in 2022. Watson had four years totaling $136 million remaining on the four-year, $156 million contract extension averaging $39 million per year he received from the Houston Texans in 2020. The Browns gave Watson an unprecedented fully guaranteed five-year, $230 million contract in connection with his trade from the Texans.

Allen received a six-year, $330 million deal averaging $55 million per year. The contract has an NFL record $250 million of guarantees….

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