The NFL returned on Thursday night and suddenly everything felt right again. News is also happening during the first game of the season. Just moments after the first toe met the first ball of the season, word broke across the NFL that the Cincinnati Bengals handed quarterback Joe Burrow the richest contract in NFL history.
The exact numbers for Burrow are massive. It is reportedly a 5-year, $275M deal that includes over $219M guaranteed.
It wasn’t long ago that the idea of a quarterback making $50M per year felt inevitable, but still out of this world.