The highest-paid player on all 32 NFL teams
The two most important aspects of building a successful football team are to find a franchise quarterback and to manager the team's salary cap.
Because of how the NFL's quirky salary-cap system works, large contracts often come with large signing bonuses. The result is that the highest-paid players fluctuate from year to year, and it tends to favor those who signed deals recently.
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For 15 teams, their highest-paid player is a quarterback. The rest of the players who top their team's payroll includes six defensive linemen, five offensive linemen, two cornerbacks, two linebackers, one safety, and one running back.
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