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Then there is the reality that one injury could cause that $30MM/year to dry up and what they made up to that point is the last significant money most will ever earn. It’s not a perpetual thing - they only have a short time to make as much as they can.
A guy who is making that kind of contract is really going to see 8 to 10 years in the league barring a major injury. If you are making 30 mil a year for 4 years (and it's likely it's even more years then that) you figure that's 120 million, plus your rookie deal which is probably another couple of million, plus another 4 to 6 years of either making even more money or less money and less money is probably like 15 a year if you have really fallen down. That's anywhere from 60 to 90 million more. No matter how short that career is, that's way, way, way more money then the average NFL player sees and it's light years more then most regular fans on the day to day.