Raiders, Derek Carr Agree to $125 Million Dollar Deal, Makes Carr Highest Paid Player in NFL History

Source: defpen.com --- Thursday, June 22, 2017
Derek Carr is now the highest paid player in NFL history. (Marcio Jose Sanchez / Associated Press) If I asked you who you thought was the highest paid player in NFL history, 26-year-old Derek Carr would be your answer right? I thought so. Ian Rapport dropped the news via Twitter this morning that Carr and the Raiders agreed to a contract extension worth $125 million dollars. I mean it’s not THAT much money right ha ha….. The #Raiders and QB Derek Carr have finalized a 5-year monster extension worth $125M, sources say. Highest paid player in history ?? — Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) June 22, 2017 Meanwhile, Carr just wants to play football now!! Now it’s done ?! From the jump I’ve wanted to be a Raider 4 life. One step closer to that! Blessed!!! Business done! Let’s just play now!!! — Derek Carr (@derekcarrqb) June 22, 2017 Check out where this deal puts Carr in respect to the other highest-paid quarterbacks in the league. If the Raiders finalize the roughly $25M/year deal, Derek Carr would become the highest-paid QB in NFL history. http://pic.twitter.com/lC6eH4lFK3 — SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) June 22, 2017 It’ll be interesting to see how this deal impacts other QB’s looking for a contract extension (Kirk Cousins, Matthew Stafford, etc). Good luck to the general managers out there. As for Carr, he has a big year ahead of him. He’s entering his fourth season in the league and threw for 3,397 yards with 28 touchdowns, six interceptions and ...

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