The first NFL return blow comes in the amount of $ 100 million a year. Who will it be?

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While Dallas cowboys They are recently short to win and have not played in Super Bowl in three decades, owner Jerry Jones holds a difference from the highest paid player in Nfl on his list.

Back Dak PrescottThe average salary of $ 60 million a year does all the players. But maybe not long. It seems that almost every return blow to extension is set to first. According to Ji Halsell salary expert, executive vice president of a client compensation for 3 Strand Sports, Commanders QB Jayden Daniels could blow next to Prescott.

Can Daniels become the first NFL return blow of $ 100 million a year?

“If we are talking about market capital, we say that top, top returnees get 20 percent of what is a salary limit when they have made a contract. In mathematics Jayden Daniels, it is $ 90 million a year,” Halsell told Fox Sports.

Daniels will meet the conditions for extending the contract after the third season. Based on the projection of the Halsell and “20% QB rules for elite manufacturers in that position, this means that 2027.

This number assumes that the ruling offensive new year still produces at the elite level in the next two seasons. In his first year as a professional, Daniels completed 69% of his passages for 3,568 passing meters, 25 Touchdown and only nine intercepts. He overthrew the record of Rokie because of the urgent yards by the attacker with 891, becoming the only novelty in the history of the NFL at least 3,500 passing meters and 750 urgent meters.

While someone loves CJ Stroud could have brought after next season if he had a return year with TexanNext in line after Daniels approached the threshold of $ 100 million could be Department. Total choice number 1 Tennessee Titans In the 2025 design, it is predicted to sign a four -year contract of $ 49 million.

If Ward plays as a number 1 and earns an extension of the contract when it becomes acceptable after the third year, it could potentially reach $ 100 million a year. This would be based on the signing of a contract that pays him 20 percent of his salary limit for the year in which he signs the contract.

The others who could reach a threshold of $ 100 million in the near future, include elite QBS Patrick Mahomes,, Josh Allen,, Lamar Jackson and Joe Burrow.

Another option is Texas QB Arch Manningwho had already predicted that the total number 1 would be in the next year. Manning will be a red T -shirt student this season, and it is scheduled to earn $ 6.5 million in zero, so he could wait another year before entering the draft.

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In March, Bills Buffalo QB Allen has signed a six -year extension of $ 330 million, including a record $ 250 million guaranteed money and an average of a new money of $ 55 million a year. Allen has the potential in his 2030 contract when he will be 33 years old.

Mahomes has a 10-year-old contract of $ 450 million, which lasts through the 2031 season, with an average annual value of $ 45 million. However, the Triple Super Bowla champion has an impact on negotiating on his contract in order to remain among the NFL’s best payers. If he is so inclined, Mahomes could certainly challenge the cloak of the most paid player in the league.

Jackson is three years old and $ 146 million in the remaining five -year contract of $ 260 million, which he negotiated. A double MVP league moves toward the second big salary if Ravens Raise things before his contract expires after the 2027 season.

“Player salaries should keep up with a salary limit,” Halsell said. “From where I now sit on the agency side of the business, making sure that the fee – regardless of the position – is moving in harmonizing with the growth of a salary limit, is really important, especially at the attacker’s position.”

As a result, it’s just a matter of time when we see QB of $ 100 million a year.

Eric D. Williams reported about NFL for more than a decade, covering Los Angeles Rams For sports illustrated, Los Angeles Chargers for ESPN and Seattle Seahawks for Tacoma News Tribune. Follow it on x na @eric_d_williams.

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