With questions surrounding the individual player salaries as well as the salary cap for 2011, the numbers of the top ten highest paid players at their respective positions has been leaked to the web... QB Mark Sanchez, NYJ, $13.5M Ben Roethlisberger, PIT, $11.6M Carson Palmer, CIN, $11.5M Tony Romo, DAL, $9M Vince Young, TEN, $8.5M Eli Manning, NYG, $8.5M Philip Rivers, SD, $8.4M David Garrard, JAX, $7.975M Jay Cutler, CHI, $7.6M Drew Brees, NO, $7.393M RB Reggie Bush, NO, $11.8M Adrian Peterson, MIN, $10.72M Clinton Portis, WAS, $8.254M Steven Jackson, STL, $7.2M Willis McGahee, BAL, $6M Michael Turner, ATL, $5M Brandon Jacobs, NYG, $4.65M Darren McFadden, OAK, $4.593M Marion Barber, DAL, $4.25M Maurice Jones-Drew, JAX, $4.05M WR Calvin Johnson, DET, $10.45M Miles Austin, DAL, $8.54M Steve Smith, CAR, $7M Larry Fitzgerald, ARI, $7M Brandon Marshall, MIA, $6.5M Anquan Boldin, BAL, $6M Chad Ochocinco, CIN, $6M Andre Johnson, HOU, $6M Reggie Wayne, IND, $5.95M Roy Williams, DAL, $5.109M TE Kellen Winslow, TB, $8.259M Tony Gonzalez, ATL, $5.75M Antonio Gates, SD, $5.2M Vernon Davis, SF, $4.708M Todd Heap, BAL, $4.6M Jeremy Shockey, NO, $4.508M Dallas Clark, IND, $4.2M Daniel Graham, DEN, $4.2M Chris Cooley, WAS, $3.7M Jason Witten, DAL, $3.391M OL Jake Long, MIA, $10M Marcus McNeill, SD, $10M Joe Thomas, CLE, $8M Donald Penn, TB, $7.2M Chris Kuper, DEN, $7M Steve Hutchinson, MIN, $6.68M Eric Steinbach, CLE, $6.25M Leonard Davis, DAL, $6M Jordan Gross, CAR, $6M Jacob Bell, STL, $6M DE Mario Williams, HOU, $13.6M Dwight Freeney, IND, $11.42M Jared Allen, MIN, $8.979M Justin Smith, SF, $8.209M John Abraham, ATL, $8M Will Smith, NO, $6M Antonio Smith, HOU, $4.6M Antwan Odom, CIN, $4.5M Aaron Smith, PIT, $4.5M Kyle Vanden Bosch, DET, $4.5M DT Kevin Williams, MIN, $6M Shaun Rodgers, CLE, $5.5M Tommy Kelly, OAK, $5.5M Albert Haynesworth, WAS, $5.4M Chris Canty, NYG, $5.25M Corey Williams, DET, $4.9M Marcus Stroud, BUF, $4.5M Tony Brown, TEN, $4M Jamal Williams, DEN, $4M Casey Hampton, PIT, $3.91M LB Elvis Dumervil, DEN, $14M AJ Hawk, GB, $10M Brian Urlacher, CHI, $8.025M Julian Peterson, DET, $8M DeMarcus Ware, DAL, $6.7M DeMeco Ryans, HOU, $5.8M Joey Porter, ARI, $5.75M Nick Barnett, GB, $5.5M Jonathan Vilma, NO, $5.13M Aaron Curry, SEA, $5.076M CB Terrence Newman, DAL, $8M Corey Webster, NYG, $8M Nate Clements, SF, $7.25M Darrelle Revis, NYJ, $7M Antoine Winfield, MIN, $6.75M Chris Gamble, CAR, $6.244M Kelvin Hayden, IND, $6.105M Asante Samuel, PHI, $5.9M Marcus Trufant, SEA, $5.9M Will D. Allen, MIA, $5.5M S Ed Reed, BAL, $6.5M Chris Hope, TEN, $6.5M Troy Polamalu, PIT, $6.4M Brian Dawkins, DEN, $6M Bob Sanders, IND, $5.5M Madieu Williams, MIN, $5.4M Antrel Rolle, NYG, $5.25M Antoine Bethea, IND, $4.745M LaRon Landry, WAS, $3.715M Yeremiah Bell, MIA, $3.7M K/P Shane Lechler, OAK, $3.2M Sebastian Janikowski, OAK, $2.6M Josh Brown, SEA, $2.6M Rob Bironas, TEN, $2.4M Jason Hanson, DET, $2.175M Neil Rackers, ARI, $2.15M Josh Scobee, JAX, $2M John Kasey, CAR, $2M Joe Nedney, SF, $1.87M Nate Kaeding, SD, $1.8M
Weird. It's like they have the same philosophy or something. Waaaait a minute ... how is Diva Brady not on this list???
I have four. This should be an interesting off-season. Thank you Mike Singletary and the rest of the guys for leaving me with this.
If Sanchez is making $13.5M, I can only imagine what the bar for Brady and Manning will be. Oh, especially with so many QB starved teams out there.
Some teams front-load contracts, some teams back-load them... Brady seems to always be a steady $5-6M per year.
Shouldn't be...he signed a 4yr 72 mil contract extension last year as I recall. Edit: 9/9/2010: Signed a five-year, $78.5 million contract. The deal contains $48.5 million guaranteed, including a $16 million signing bonus. 2011: $5.75 million (+ $4 million roster bonus), 2012: $5.75 million (+ $6 million roster bonus), 2013-2014: $9.75 million (+ $5 million roster bonuses), 2015: Free Agent
If memory serves me right, Brady took a smaller contract than his market value. Something he isn't going to do this time because he is mad at the Patriots for using his contract as a way to try to negotiate better contracts for his teammates.
You know how the last year of those backloaded contacts can be. He's not playing for anything close to that next season...on my team or the real Saints team.
No cap hit for cutting a player or trading a player. Always try to dangle a player for trade before you outright cut him would be my advice. And the salary cap will be decided as soon as teams are posted on Super Bowl Sunday.
Franchise = average of top 5 salaries at each position (QB, RB, WR, TE, OL, DT, DE, LB, CB, S, K/P) Transition = average of top 10 salaries at each position (QB, RB, WR, TE, OL, DT, DE, LB, CB, S, K/P)
And if you don't mind me asking, how does the transition tag work again? Do we have to trade him after a certain amount of time?
Transition tag should only get you the right to match any contract. No compensation is awarded if you decline/fail to match however.
you missed the part where I said once Bush hits the open market (after you cut him due to his high salary)... which you said you would do... oops....
Don't believe you said that. Don't believe I said that. I didn't miss anything other than maybe what you meant to say... and maybe what you thought I meant to say...I guess.
Here's what you said... "You know how the last year of those backloaded contacts can be. He's not playing for anything close to that next season...on my team or the real Saints team." seeing as you can't renegotiate contracts in this GML, that only leaves one other option.
Well that's an assumption on your part....and that won't be his cap number if we're using 2010 salaries.