How the Hades is this possible?
QB cap hits for 2017, ranked:
Joe Flacco: $24,550,000
Carson Palmer: $24,125,000
Kirk Cousins: $23,943,600
Matt Ryan: $23,750,000
Aaron Rodgers: $20,300,000
Ryan Tannehill: $20,300,000
Cam Newton: $20,166,000
Eli Manning: $19,700,000
Andrew Luck: $19,400,000
Drew Brees: $19,000,000
Russell Wilson: $18,800,000
Ben Roethlisbgerger: $18,200,000
Phillip Rivers: $18,000,000
Sam Bradford: $18,000,000
Alex Smith: $16,900,000
Matt Stafford: $16,500,000
Derek Carr: $15,731,691
Andy Dalton: $15,700,000
Mike Glennon: $14,000,000
Tom Brady: $14,000,000
Glennon earning the same as Brady is pretty bad, but IMO Flacco out-earning Brady by 71% is way worse. Some of those contracts are justifiable in their own right, and only look bad compared to Brady because of how great Brady's contract is. Others are just garbage contracts that make me very happy I don't root for the ****ty teams that signed them.