Everyone in the NFL makes a lot of money but sometimes the contract a player gets screams game-changer. We have that on Friday with Houston Texans edge rusher Will Anderson Jr.
Andersonhas agreed to a three-year contract extension worth $150 million that includes a reported $100 million fully guaranteed, OutKick has confirmed.
NFL Network was first to report the deal.
Houston Texans defensive end Will Anderson Jr. Photo: Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images
The extension obviously averages out to $50 million per season on an annual average basis and that makes Anderson Jr. the highest paid edge rusher in the NFL, surpassing the dealMicah Parsons got from the Green Bay Packers last season that averaged $46.5 million.
That's big, but here's something bigger at play: You know who else gets contracts in the $50 million per year neighborhood? Quarterbacks.
Anderson resides in that neighborhood now. He's the NFL's highest-paid non-quarterback and joins nine quarterbacks that average between $50-55 million per season.
(Dak Prescott remains the NFL's highest-paid player, averaging $60 million per season).
The men chasing quarterbacks and affecting quarterbacks are inching closer to getting paid like quarterbacks.
That's a milestone universally.
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