According to Sports Illustrated, in the NFL for the 2008 season that would be Peyton Manning of the Indianapolis Colts who has a salary hit against the salary cap of $18,700,000. Tom Brady of the New England Patriots is second at $14,626,720.
The highest paid quarter back is J.J Watts. He is a well known football player.
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As of 2021, the highest paid right tackle in the NFL is Lane Johnson of the Philadelphia Eagles.
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LaDainian Tomlinson is the highest paid running back in the NFL as of the 2004 season. He is paid $5.5 million, and is expected to be paid $6.5 in 2005.
According to USA Today, the highest paid defensive player in 2009 was Kelvin Hayden, cornerback for the Colts, who earned $17,480,000. Julius Peppers, defensive end for the Panthers, earned $16,683,000. Chris Long, defensive end for the Rams, earned $16,592,280.
Franchise quarterbacks are often the highest-paid player on a team's roster, but since all NFL player contracts are individually negotiated, no one position is always the "highest paid."Actually the left tackle normally gets paid the same amount as a QB if not higher."The left tackle protects the QB's blind side" "Very important."
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They are paid the most in the NFL because they are the most sucesssful team in the NFL and they are awesome.
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