2020 QB draft class cashes in with more than $1.2 billion in contract extensions
4 months, 3 weeks ago

2020 QB draft class cashes in with more than $1.2 billion in contract extensions

Associated Press  

The 2020 quarterback draft class is well on its way to being the highest-paid group of QBs from any draft in NFL history. With Tua Tagovailoa and Jordan Love being the final two quarterbacks to cash in on big-money extensions just hours apart on Friday, the five QBs taken in the first two rounds four years ago have agreed to contracts in a span of less than 16 months that are worth more than $1.2 billion. While the quarterbacks from the 2020 class have yet to win a Super Bowl, an MVP or earn first-team All-Pro honors, they have all performed at a high level as part of the rare quarterback draft class with a perfect hit rate in the top two rounds. Despite Love not getting a chance to start until last season, and Burrow and Tagovailoa missing significant time because of injuries, the group has been the most prolific statistically through four seasons of any class of QBs taken in the top two rounds. Four of the five QBs from the first two rounds of that class — all but Hurts — have already had a 4,000-yard passing season, tied for the most 4,000-yard passers in any draft class.

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