” Show me the money”.
Tua Tagovailoa chanted the phrase to the crowd of fans at the Miami Dolphins ‘ training facility Sunday morning, channeling Rod Tidwell, the fictional wide receiver who uttered the famous phrase in Jerry Maguire, a 1996 sports classic.
Jordan Love, the quarterback for the Green Bay Packers, may have said the same thing after both of their young players over the weekend signed record-breaking deal extensions. Love signed the richest contract in NFL history, a four-year,$ 220 million package that eclipsed Tagovailao’s four-year,$ 212 million package.
NFL agent Brad Blank stated in an interview that when your contract is [expiring ] and you’re at the top of your game, you’re going to surpass any of the legends simply due to the way the market works and the cap has increased. ” It does n’t matter what somebody from the past made. It’s what the business bears”.

Love, the original backup for Aaron Rodgers and the Jaguars ‘ quarterback Trevor Lawrence, will earn$ 55 million annually, which is equal to AAV for both him and Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow. ” Do n’t spend it all in one place, but if you do, I still have a house in Green Bay that’s up for sale”, Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers said of Love’s new deal in an interview with NFL Network’s Brian Baldinger and Judy Battista.
Love is already on rate to beat his former teammate in on-field profits, and in far less time, Rodgers made$ 306 million in his 17 months with the Packers, according to Spotrac. Like might moon the four-time MVP with his next deal as the income cap and the price for star players rise, depending on his enjoy. It’s the kind of money Brett Favre, the Hall of Fame quarterback, could n’t even fathom.
Favre, who lifted the Pack to a Super Bowl name in 1997, earned around$ 100 million over the course of his 16 months with the Packers. As the group expands its newer revenue streams from playing to international markets in the not-so-distant prospect, that job figure might be the starting quarterbacks ‘ annual salary.
In the meantime, Lawrence, Tagovailoa, and Love, a brilliant but less experienced quarterback, are demonstrating the true strength of the changing market in a category where it is impossible to succeed without at least a passable franchise quarterback.
Tagovailoa, who has yet to get a playoff game in four months, is now set to make$ 53 million per year. Dan Marino, a Hall of Fame player, earned a little more than that during his 17 months with the Dolphins overall.
One of eight quarterbacks with at least$ 50 million in AAV is the current Dolphins ‘ signal caller, who will receive a$ 167 million guarantee with his new deal.
” Today’s free agent makes more than yesterday’s superstar”, Blank said.