Pro Football Talk broadcaster Mike Florio has been giving his thoughts on Russell Wilson’s contract with the Denver Broncos and how it might impact the Baltimore Ravens’ Lamar Jackson. The Denver Broncos, not just content with sending a lot of picks to the Seattle Seahawks to gain the services of Russell Wilson this offseason (quarterback Drew Lock, tight end Noah Fant, defensive lineman Shelby Harris, two first-round picks, two second-round picks and a 2022 fifth-round pick), also made a pretty big financial commitment this past week. $245m, $165m of it guaranteed, for a grand total of seven years is what the Broncos decided to pay Wilson to stay with the team and hopefully take them to the next level as a franchise.
It was just the latest in what has been a busy offseason when it comes to quarterbacks getting paid. The Cleveland Browns handed Deshaun Watson a 5-year, fully guaranteed, $230m contract, despite the allegations of sexual misconduct that were put against him over the past year and a half, whilst the Arizona Cardinals finally put pen to paper with their franchise quarterback Kyler Murray.
On top of that, the Green Bay Packers handed Aaron Rodgers an extension as did the Los Angeles Rams with Matthew Stafford, the Minnesota Vikings and Kirk Cousins and Derek Carr with the Las Vegas Raiders.
That leaves just one quarterback looking for a contract that hasn’t been paid, and that’s Lamar Jackson of the Baltimore Ravens, who are running out of time to get a deal done after Jackson stated he wanted it to be sorted out by Week 1 of the regular season.