WR position is now the highest paid behind QB?

[Hawkeye0202]

Meanwhile, Cooper Kupp is only making $14M but that could after this season


https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/los-angeles-rams/cooper-kupp-21811/

 

[charron]

Only on these forums would someone claim that the offense that routinely leads the league in yards could not produce a WR who puts up the yards to be in that camp.

This has been covered in other posts. But again this QB and OC don't design plays specifically to goto a #1 type guy. Dam doesn't do what most QB's do and force the ball to the main guy. Dak is not that kind of QB he's more of the checkdown to whomever he sees open regardless of where they are at, score, etc. Keeps him turnover free mostly.

 

[John813]

I mean, they are getting a start on the cap blow up in a few years when the TV deals kick in.

Hill and Adams are close to 30 and this is their last big payday. Teams know in a few years the cap ceiling will shoot up along with the WR cap hits

Every position will see spikes soon. It just so happened that the best two WR in the game got new contracts this year.

 

[Adreme]

This has been covered in other posts. But again this QB and OC don't design plays specifically to goto a #1 type guy. Dam doesn't do what most QB's do and force the ball to the main guy. Dak is not that kind of QB he's more of the checkdown to whomever he sees open regardless of where they are at, score, etc. Keeps him turnover free mostly.

Most QBs actually don’t force it to the number 1 guy, but when you are the number 1 guy you have the ability to be the open man most of the time. Rodgers, Brady, Allen, Mahomes (when he isn’t trying to do too much), Stafford, Jackson, Herbert, and Wilson all just take what they are given. If the top WR gets free he gets the ball, if not WR2 or the TE or the RB get the ball.

 

[Captain-Crash]

you don't pay wr's and rb's this stupid amount of money.

 

[blueblood70]

Deebo, Kupp and Chase are making GMs rethink the WR position. Not devaluing it but reevaluating what they want in a WR. And look at what KC got for Tyreek. LT will always be important but it’s arguable that the WR is second only to the qb right now.

no a few exceptions maybe but if it were WHY AGAIN would teams let those elite wrs walk? ikf they were 2nd to qb you keep them no matter to price, but they didn't. these few examples are the exception not the norm same with qbs why let them walk Wilson and Watson so important their teams decides picks and future players are more important..

 

[CouchCoach]

It will be interesting to see the teams that let that WR walk, DAL, GB and KC, how that affects their QB's and offenses. And how much CLE, LV and MIA benefit.

Rodgers is particularly picky about who he targets and has not been known as that Brady type QB where he freely distributes the ball. In that regard, Prescott has a leg up with his pass distribution.

 

[plasticman]

Everyone is going to pay hundreds of millions for elite WR's and, next season, some innovative OC is going to come up with some weird three RB system that rips defenses apart and renders the WR position practically obsolete.

 

[cowboyec]

another reason to draft one high.
might not be able to keep ceedee.

 

[CowboyRoy]

This may have something to do with the FO using another high pick in this draft although we have Lamb and Gallup. In other words, considering four of the top five WRs are making $25M+, we could see some teams recycling the position every 3/4 years. Ask yourself, would you pay Lamb $25-30M in 2 years?







https://www.profootballnetwork.com/highest-paid-wide-receivers-in-nfl/

I wouldnt. Like RB, you need to draft these guys every few years. If your paying a QB 40 million you shouldnt need 2 all pros on the outside. Spend the money on QB and Oline and recycle the rest.

I do like Gallup at 12 million but that deal will come down to how well he recovers from his knee injury.

 

[khiladi]

Reality is, NFL owners don’t share the books. They getting paid with the TV revenue and now, gambling revenue. The Salary Cap is a made up number. It’s probably much less than what owners are making.

 

[Flamma]

This may have something to do with the FO using another high pick in this draft although we have Lamb and Gallup. In other words, considering four of the top five WRs are making $25M+, we could see some teams recycling the position every 3/4 years. Ask yourself, would you pay Lamb $25-30M in 2 years?

I know Lamb has a 5th year option. But he comes up for extension after this upcoming season. But as of right now no way is he a 25M a year WR. Dallas may want to just let him play out the 5 years and let him walk. But then again, they like paying their own.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

I know Lamb has a 5th year option. But he comes up for extension after this upcoming season. But as of right now no way is he a 25M a year WR. Dallas may want to just let him play out the 5 years and let him walk. But then again, they like paying their own.

Honestly, this is probably the #1 reason Coop is gone. No way they can know if he can be the guy worrying about feeding Coop. Having said that, he needs to put up some serious numbers over the next couple of years. Like you said, right now he's nowhere near $20M+ WR but he has time.......so we'll see

 

[fivetwos]

Everyone is going to pay hundreds of millions for elite WR's and, next season, some innovative OC is going to come up with some weird three RB system that rips defenses apart and renders the WR position practically obsolete.

I doubt that point overall a lot less than it will be Kellen Moore who does it.

The Joneses will catch up to copying that several years later and act like they are the ones who invented it.

Wasn't Jerry Jones the guy who invented the football itself?

 

[Flamma]

Buffalo is in win now mode, they'll pay whatever it takes until Allen's cap hits grow large.

 

[Flamma]

These are the guys that pass as elite WRs these days? Any of them remind you of Randy Moss, TO, Megatron.......?

 

[darthseinfeld]

This may have something to do with the FO using another high pick in this draft although we have Lamb and Gallup. In other words, considering four of the top five WRs are making $25M+, we could see some teams recycling the position every 3/4 years. Ask yourself, would you pay Lamb $25-30M in 2 years?







https://www.profootballnetwork.com/highest-paid-wide-receivers-in-nfl/

They have been neck and neck for #2 for years now. Had the same franchise tag values in 2020. This is nothing new

 

[darthseinfeld]

Not just wrs all positions. Tell me a LT isn’t worth more then a WR? If wrs were that important why are so many this off-season being traded its bipolar one teams say no way but another runs in and pays a wr 30mil , stupid IMO? The nfl is changing and not for the good..i dont think the cap can hold up long term they will need to go to softer cap like the NBA or back to no cap..paying 10 guys in your team over 25mil each and qb 50+ i cant see the revenue grows faster then the Sally’s go up with players demands, either owners strut align no or the cap will have to changed.


IMO none should be paid that much but it makes encase that in this order

QB
LT
DE
Center
DT
CB
WR
RB

I mean there are 3-4 or more pass catching targets on every play so how can one that maybe doubled a lot get so much money?

One qb one lt one center etc etc

WR is kind of an interesting position in the Money 5. They have been neck and neck with DE for #2 in terms of pay for years, so this isnt a new phenomenon. However teams dont hold top guys with a death grip like DE. A DE you would be hard pressed to trade for a tier 3 guy in any offseason

Ive always found it surprising LT's are usually so low on the scale. They are usually neck and neck with CB's in terms of pay

 

[blueblood70]

WR is kind of an interesting position in the Money 5. They have been neck and neck with DE for #2 in terms of pay for years, so this isnt a new phenomenon. However teams dont hold top guys with a death grip like DE. A DE you would be hard pressed to trade for a tier 3 guy in any offseason

Ive always found it surprising LT's are usually so low on the scale. They are usually neck and neck with CB's in terms of pay

Mack and Miller ? its just the nfl full of anomaly's or short term blueprints they dont lasty every single starter wr that comes up for new deal wil not get this type of money,. These are special elite guys and why the cooper trade and circumstance was far different..hes not a special layer hes simply a good starter.

 

[Tussinman]

Some of its timing
I think an elite edge rusher is worth more than a WR, and much harder to find, but lots of really good WR hitting the market and not so many edge rushers
It’s certainly not supply and demand lol
The league has a good number of good WR but sure don’t have that many edge rushers
Micah will change those numbers in a few years for sure

Yeah elite left tackles and edge rushers almost always have 5th year option + get extended 2 years early so it lowers the overall cap.

Very few of them actually hit the open market with a brand new deal no previous money on the books (which has happened like 3 times for WR this off-season alone)

I remember maybe a year ago if you looked up all of the elite left tackles they were either still on the rookie deal or had been extended prior to 2018 (hard to get real current market rate for LT and DE when they get extended so quickly and rarely hit the open market) .