Previously, Bucs Nation looked at the largest average deals per year to give some idea of what positions the NFL values most. Now that the dust of the mega-deals in free agency has settled, the list largely looks the same. Of the top 61 contracts in the NFL, 60 belong to a player playing one of the following positions: QB, Edge, DT, CB, WR, and LT. That’s from $28m/yr Kirk Cousins to $13.5m/yr A.J. Bouye. The lone exception is Le’Veon Bell.
As the excellent Bill Connelly wrote for SBNation, how teams manage the salary cap is one key to success.