The NFL’s first $100 million-a-year quarterback is coming. Who will it be?

Eric Williams

NFL reporter

While the Dallas Cowboys have little recent victories and house in a Super Bowl in three decades, the owner Jerry Jones has the distinction of having the best paid player in the NFL on his list.

The average salary of the Roof Prescott Field Marshal of $ 60 million a year exceeds all players. But maybe not for the lung. It seems that almost all quartback are eligible for an extension takes their turn in the first place. And according to the expert in the salary chapter Ji Halsell, the Executive Vice President of Client Compensation for 3 Beach Sports, the QB Daniels commanders could fly beyond Prescott.

Could Daniels become the first field marshal of $ 100 million a year of the NFL?

“If we are talking about the market equity, we are saying that the top and top -level field marshals obtain 20 percent of what was the salary limit when they executed the contract. In the mathematics of Jayden Daniels, which Halsell is equivalent to Fox.

Daniels will be eligible for a contract extension after his third season. Based on the projection of Halsell salary limit and the “20% rule of QB” for elite producers in the position, that means that in 2027, Daniels could reach an agreement for four years and $ 360 million in new money, paying an annual average or $ 90.

That number assumes that the reigning offensive rookie or the year continues to produce at the elite level during the next two seasons. In his first year as a professional, Daniels completed 69% of his passes for 3,568 air yards, 25 touchdowns and only nine interceptions. He broke the rookie record for yards by land for a field marshal with 891, becoming the only rookie in the history of the NFL with at least 3,500 air yards and 750 yards per land.

While someone like CJ Stud could charge after the next season, if he has a year of recovery with the Texans, the next in the row after Daniels approached the threshold of $ 100 million could be Cam Ward. It is projected that the general selection number 1 of the Tennessee Titans in the 2025 Draft will sign a four -year rookie contract and $ 49 million.

If Ward plays like a no. 1 Choose and earn an extension of the contract when it becomes eligible after its third year, it could reach the mark of $ 100 million per year. That would be based on signing a contract that pays 20 percent of the salary limit for the year in which the agreement signs.

Others that could reach the threshold of $ 100 million in the near future include the elite QB Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson and Joe Burrow.

Another possibility is Texas QB Arch Manning, who is already projected to be the general selection number 1 in the draft next year. Manning will be a second year student of a red shirt this season and is scheduled to earn $ 6.5 million in zero money, so it could another year before entering the draft.

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

Mohamses has a 10 -year and $ 450 million contract that extends during the 2031 season, with an average annual value of $ 45 million. However, the three -time Super Bowl champion has the leverage of renegotiating his agreement to remain among the best employees of the NFL. If it is so inclined, Mohamcs could certainly challenge the mantle of the largest payment player in the league.

Jackson is three years old and $ 146 million that dates back to an agreement of five years and $ 260 million that he negotiated. The two -time MVP of the League is directed towards another great payment day if the Ravens are ahead of things before their contract expires after the 2027 season.

“The players’ salaries must keep the salary cover rhythm,” said Halsell. “Where I feel on the business agent’s side now, make sure that compensation, regardless of the position, moves in alignment with the growth of the salary limit is real in the quarterback position.”

As a result, it is only a matter of time before we see a QB of $ 100 million a year.

Eric D. Williams has reported the NFL for more than a decade, covering the Los Angeles Rams For Sports Illustrated, the Los Angeles Chargers For ESPN and the Seattle Seahawks for Tacoma News Tribune. Follow it in X at @Aric_D_Williams.

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