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The average salary for a player in 1978 was under $62,600, up 13.2 percent over the previous year. Fran Tarkenton was the highest-paid quarterback at $360,000 and running back O. J. Simpson was the highest paid player, at just under $733,400.
Kyler Murray - Contract value: $230.5 million - Career NFL record: 34-43-1 - Approximate career value: 62. 2018 Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray was the top pick in the 2019 NFL draft.
Archie Manning attempting a pass for the New Orleans Saints against the L.A. Rams in 1980. The 1980 NFL season was the 61st regular season of the National Football League. Prior to the season in March 1980, fellow NFL owners voted against the proposed move by the Raiders from Oakland, California to Los Angeles.
Doug Williams' original five-year contract expired at the beginning of the year. A published report of player salaries revealed that Williams, who had led the team to playoff appearances three out of the preceding four seasons, was the sixth-lowest-paid starting quarterback in the NFL. Eighteen NFL backup quarterbacks also had salaries higher ...
This means NFL salaries have increased by almost 400% over the past 20 years. To put that in perspective, median incomes in the U.S. rose 12.5% from $24,500 in 2005 to $27,600 in 2015, according ...
First NFL quarterback to defeat 32 franchises: Brett Favre vs. Green Bay Packers; October 5, 2009 [150] [167] First NFL quarterback to reach 100 career wins (regular season): Johnny Unitas vs. Green Bay Packers; November 9, 1969; First NFL quarterback to reach 150 career wins (regular season): Brett Favre vs. San Diego Chargers; September 23, 2007
There are now six NFL quarterbacks making at least $40 million per year. A little over 20 months ago, there wasn’t one. The following NFL quarterbacks are making at least $40 million per year ...
Peyton Manning and Tom Brady are the only starting quarterbacks to have won Super Bowls for two NFL teams, while Craig Morton and Kurt Warner are the only other quarterbacks to have started for a second team. Jim McMahon won a second Super Bowl ring having been a backup on the Brett Favre-led Green Bay Packers team that won Super Bowl XXXI.