You are using an outdated browser. Upgrade your browser today or install Google Chrome Frame to better experience this site. In the NFL pay hierarchy, the quarterback reigns supreme.

7 Highest Paid NFL Quarterbacks Last Season

While cornerbacks have been getting massive contracts recently , and wide receivers are definitely not hurting for cash, the most lavish deals are reserved for the signal callers, the game managers, and the rocket armed. The Bears, in an effort to clear cap space, later converted some of his yearly salary into a signing bonus for cap space reasons.

Yes, Aaron Rodgers is making as much in guaranteed money as Jay Cutler, but we gave him the nod for six because his team made the playoffs.

Back in June, the San Francisco 49ers signed Colin Kapernick to the largest guaranteed amount ever given to an NFL quarterback, per ESPN.

Either way, Kaep is surely going to have to live up to his megadeal, however team friendly it may actually be. Aaron Rodgers , Colin Kaepernick , Drew Brees , Jay Cutler , Matt Ryan , NFL quarterbacks , Tom Brady , Tony Romo.

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