Justin Jefferson Signs 4 Year, $140 MILLION Deal, Highest Paid Non-QB In The NFL | Pat McAfee

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[@justinbeauchane4786]

The Vikings have had Jefferson at a discount. His 4 year rookie deal plus the 5th year option was less than 35 million. 9 years 175 million breaks down to just under 19.5 million a year average. I'd say that's reasonable for what he's accomplishing.

[@chazhasman7208]

Welcome to rookie contracts, first time ?

[@brennengodeen3796]

I have an appreciation for loyalty in sports and the desire to care for the athletes who are out playing their contracts.

[@Carrollavirus]

Ticket prices in MN will now be going up significantly.

[@DaneOrschlovsky]

They're not paying for a QB, it's a wash

[@JacksonMack3742]

Dont all teams use all their cap space every year? As far as I know, they do, and many have to do cap gymnastics every off-season to make room for any new players. That being the case, Detroit just tripled their ticket prices so if the Vikes can generate enough excitement, prices are gonna 📈 ... But owners will want the stadium full, I think. It looks better and you factor in drink and beer sales its not worth it to triple prices if 2/3rd of the stadium will be empty. Idk anything, they'll do whatever makes the most money by raising prices some amount that they can still attract a bunch of fans to shake the remainder of their money out of them for a budlight and a corndog. Go Vikes, I guess. Im from Tampa.

[@C.A.D.]

Nope

[@brinaldi81]

Makes no difference

[@FullMetalAttackTitan9tailsHero]

​@JacksonMack3742 they do. Thats why i called pat a douche for insinuating the lions raised ticket prices bcuz of goff, sewell, and st brown contracts....even tho it was before and still bottom half of the leagur. People are stupid for the most part.

[@johnvest5881]

I'm still mad at Howie for that fumble but JJ deserves every penny. Best WR in the league

[@landonic81]

Now who is gonna throw him the ball? Lol

[@TheyMightBeSexyTigers]

@@landonic81it doesnt matter who is throwing the ball duh

[@connorwhite9716]

@@landonic81maybe the #10 overall selection in the draft? not saying that he’s a prospect that’s guaranteed to turn out, but it’s not like the vikings haven’t addressed (or at least attempted to) that need

[@landonic81]

@@connorwhite9716 Yeah a rookie QB that won't see the field for a long long time and will still suck lol

[@demond2134]

As a Titans fan I think he made up for it with the AJ trade 😭😭

[@QuentonOfficialTV]

Jerry Jones gotta be steaming rn

[@josephpuymon1860]

Justin is a Great Character/Team player with an absolute positive attitude ,,, Attison is liking his chops,,,

[@PATRIOT_Acronym69420]

JA is gonna go nuclear this year with JJettas healthy.

[@coryvallad7578]

@@PATRIOT_Acronym69420 lmao 🤣 not with sam darnold as their qb lol

[@Lolarose10-rp5cx]

This is all about getting jefferson paid while they have jj on a rookie deal it expires right before they would need to use the 5th year option on jj

[@PATRIOT_Acronym69420]

Christian Darrisaw and Jordan Addison are also on rookie deals. CD is a T-5 LT and will get a huge contract too. JA is JJettas Jr and will light it up. Watch

[@wy34football]

Who is JJ?

[@MrHunterbg]

Luckily they won’t need to worry about paying JJ unless it’s for league min.

[@Phil82961]

@@wy34football .... J. J. McCarthy , QB

[@PaulVisionLee]

JJ ain’t going to be around in 4 years lmao

[@mattb4339]

Steve Smith Sr, PhD in Route Running, said Hill is schemed open. Jefferson is significantly a better route runner than Hill. Jefferson is one of the elites.

[@hunter3534]

hill only gets open because of his speed

[@b1air77]

6:50 the golf cart in the reflection of Schefty's glasses! Atta boy!

[@la7era1u54]

Local kid getting paid big in the NFL. We still got more waiting to sign

[@jonathangreen2064]

TBH the NEW CONTRACT should have CLAUSES saying i want 88 MIL after TAXES lmao

[@KP-05]

Facts

[@JKennedy0204]

You really like capital letters huh

[@JuliusC1973]

That's why you live and work in Florida, Nevada or Texas, states with no State Personal Income Tax, see today's Wall Street Journal.

[@openminded4751]

@@JuliusC1973yeah you don’t really have the most options for places to play in the NFL and your taxes are pulled from whatever state your game was in so even Miami players have to pay NY taxes when they play at the Jets.

[@robertduda637]

I’d ask to be tax free like the 500 Haitians their moving down the street from me 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@313drepeso313]

JJ is the best all-around wide out in the game!!! There is no 1A 1B... Sign lions fan 💯

[@Gogg_TM]

He's 1A to everybody else's 1B

[@anthony3981]

I’ll take AJ Brown over JJ

[@chazhasman7208]

@@anthony3981lol well you’re dumb

[@ticenits3426]

Tyreek is way better it’s not even close

[@313drepeso313]

@@anthony3981 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@anakinstwin202]

Love Schefty calling in from the 13th tee. Hope you hit 'em straight Adam and if you didn't I hope you found it! 😎

[@owenbarnes773]

that highlights catch Vs Bengals - amazing

[@ll4680]

This guy brings me glory every year in fantasy 😤

[@orlandocontreras3345]

How??? He missed 7 games last year stop the cap bro 😏😏😭😭😭😭

[@JuiceVino87]

He’s legit but if darnold in throwing the ball we are screwed 😂

[@Muzzlecrowe-li9kt]

Last year was a disaster 😂.

[@JKennedy0204]

Specs is a different breed man 🤣

[@Jizzlepapi_OVO]

Schefter is getting more comfortable on the show. I like it…..still like rap sheet more tho 😂

[@jeffnosdivad3080]

My Bengals FO moves at the speed of smell, so I'm sure we'll have to pay Chase the most inflated number in existence.

[@JacksonMack3742]

Oh crap if the WR market is anything like the QB market y'all will pay Chase MORE than JJ.. though I think Chase is worth it, I think he should make the same or less than JJets, even if the contract isn't done till next year. Y'all got burrow too, and it takes a little sacrifice from playmakers to keep a team together to win a SB. I know Travis Kelce said hes just happy to get new contract offers and signs the first one put in front of him. If all the Bengals playmakers want to milk the league for max money, some may have to go elsewhere. I support their decision regardless but I get excited when I see a team stack up more talent than you should be able to. Peace

[@walidhannaoui1802]

Bengals in a tough position with half their cap going to Burrow and Chase

[@123ABC488]

Yep top money and you know he got that attitude too so that money will have to show or he will leave like tyreek left us trying to floss the team

[@jeffnosdivad3080]

@@123ABC488 Absolutely top money. I don't think he's better than JJ, but that's how these contracts work.

[@123ABC488]

@@jeffnosdivad3080 same bro definitely not on JJ level that man catch any and everything thrown but chase is great but just not deserving of that big of a contract. If they do that bro the team will be broke. 2 players making all the money on the team spells disaster. I miss tyreek but I feel like if you trying to win you have to take a little less to do so ijs. Especially the bengals since they are trying to complete the mission

[@loganpauldaponthosehatersg3720]

Good for him

[@user-jf9sx1nf3s]

Ian you are always missed

[@Ggsquad901]

Am I the only one hearing CB Lamb from Shefty? 😂

[@timmismith8978]

The money is getting way out of hand. They might have to play in front of a virtual crowd again LOL

[@nature6oy]

As a packers fan, i look forward to jaier Alexander doing the griddy all over jj for at least four more years :-)

[@willmeyer1849]

Saftey help over the top. Can’t do it by himself tho

[@InfiniteKhaos]

​@@willmeyer1849there is literally always safety help over the top. Lmao jaire locked him down and the safety had nothing to do with it. Cry harder.

[@joemcd7773]

Glad the Eagles took Raegor 😂

[@THATDAMSPORTSHOW]

We gd we got aj nd devonta 😂

[@JRAYDABEAST]

I’m happy for him dude earned it. The fact Adam was golfing and was doing is funny to me

[@cammyboyyy8173]

You should have been here for Ian, he would have joined all boozed up

[@bdubs532]

Miss that booze bag! ​@@cammyboyyy8173

[@samuelcecil1660]

@@cammyboyyy8173 good old days

[@Yellowbellyshoe]

How did he earn it bro? I get it he has been good before last year ... But if they offered him 28 last year before season and then played as horribly hurt or unhurt (didn't look hirt to me looked tired and not interested) but horrible non the less basically no touchdowns or help at all during season... Why they pay him 35 .... After last year he wouldn't have got offered more than 20 and that is generous for the year he played.

[@Yellowbellyshoe]

And if the dolphins are stupid enough to make a deal with Tyreek then let him not honor it because he is bitt hirt then he needs cut ... If you can't honor the contract you signed for kore than one year then you don't deserve to play football in Florida or the NFL

[@t.k.1319]

And the Cowboys gave up Amari Cooper for a 6th round pick, bc they didn’t wanna pay him 20M/yr.

[@hitman9198]

Cant pay him and dak.

[@Beehigh7]

bengals your move

[@lindseynikifor3029]

This explains why I’m not playing bulls bridge ! Hit me up guys

[@carlnerney6152]

When corners can stop 180 yards in a half then they should close the gap foh dbut

[@Aaronak3]

Let’s see how many Superbowls they win with this deal on they books

[@whitesox4524]

Taxes for that first year going to be crazy for him lol

[@andrewschartner2865]

Bro is gonna take home less than half of that $88M after taxes. Wild.

[@anthonynoneyabusiness420]

The contracts just gonna keep getting higher & higher

[@slickchick5811]

It's odd all the celebrating...it's ONE PLAYER in a dependent potion and people act like the numbers are a revolution. Others will be paid even more as contracts make less and less sense regardless of player.

[@SoulKingKurosaki]

Insane deal but congrats to him. Vikings best player is here to stay. Much needed for McCarthy

[@saulmoreno3252]

Justin and DK are different but now im worried about it does to the market. It's gonna hurt the Seahawks Awesome job on getting that BAG!!!

[@Anthony-pq7su]

This deal makes just as much sense if not better because they would've had to have paid a QB that money but seeing how they drafted McCarthy in the first round, with that fifth year option that will essentially cover the costs for both instead of paying a veteran QB a massive contract plus JJettas

[@maskedman5657]

Now I wonder what Lamb and Ayuik gonna get paid

[@sepulvedaoutdoors]

Ayuik is more so in the Nico Colin’s ball park,Ceedee is In jj’s league$

[@JuliusC1973]

Jerry Jones is probably kicking himself for not getting Lamb's Contract done, now the bar has been raised.

[@tBeNz0]

Idk. They gotta pay Micah too tho and Bosa's per yr was only 1 mil less than JJ's, and I'd imagine that's around what Micah would get, and so paying CeeDee on top of that is kinda rough idk

[@JuliusC1973]

@@tBeNz0 We're talking about a lot of Money taking up a lot of Salary Cap Space on 3 Players in a Sport that has a Hard Salary Cap. As I always remind my friends, The NFL and The NHL have Hard Salary Caps while The NBA and MLB have Soft Salary Caps, which means as long as you are willing to pay Luxury Tax you can spend above The Salary Cap.

[@thomaspower221]

I think Kirk Cousins made Justin Jefferson better than CD Lamb. Give CD a Kirk Cousins, then I would say they are statistically equivalent.

[@bardrop4347]

Normally I don’t defend the Cowboys, but I think Dak is just as good as Kirk in the regular season, even slightly better in playoff success. And Ceedee’s numbers are similar to JJ’s, so this is really a toss up in my opinion. I think both are good regardless of who the QB is

[@delbertbosch4715]

Hard to win rings with contracts like that.

[@davidburke2453]

Good business. Pay elite talent.

[@Lexington101]

As a Packer fan this is great news. Jaire Alexander has Jefferson's number.

[@jagarcia1500]

I still cant believe my EAGLES passed on him for Jalen Reagor😩🙁💩

[@KOFIKNOWS]

Lsu has done it again 🐯💜💛

[@KTM.A2]

pay that black young man, he is the face of the NFL

[@brennengodeen3796]

I absolutely agree. However, why are white WR not represented in the top tier group and compensated group?? Fortunately, the nfl is a merit based league and this principle has a direct influence on its success.

[@kelseywhitlatch173]

All that to be 3rd in the north and have Jaire Alexander do the griddy on him 😂

[@hitman9198]

Who?

[@suavekw1]

Good for him dumb for them

[@NamelessViking01]

No it's not 😂. They don't have to pay a qb yet so they replaced a qb contract to a WR who's on his way to the HOF

[@suavekw1]

Wrong they still will not accomplish a thing he will get the stats though yaaay for him

[@NamelessViking01]

@suavekw1 tell me you don't know football without tell me 😂. Vikings have 2 of the best LT and RT, top 10 RB, wr1, wr1 in addison, top 3 TE in hock. Have 2 great young edge players, a stud MLB, 3 really good safetys, and the young CB are looking good. Tell me how they won't succeed 💀

[@nic12897]

@@NamelessViking01 I can answer that as a Vikings fan. They're the Vikings.

[@hitman9198]

@suavekw1 so letting all their talent leave the building is your solution lol. They are at least trying Nancy

[@dai787]

$140 million with a rookie QB, ass RB AND no defense 😂😂😂😂

[@THATDAMSPORTSHOW]

I ain't no vikings fan but that McCarthy kid they got came from pro style offense under Harbaugh. I think he's the most pro ready outta the draft. Mat not be the most talented but he'll be OK with the weapons they got

[@dominikvierstraete9066]

No defense is wild 😂 we have a damn solid defense

[@adrianramirez4137]

Such a dumb deal for them

[@Rowsy91]

nah rookie QB contract makes the room Otherwise id agree

[@evans.1448]

Dumb deal to sign the best receiver in the league?? Cap went up 30 million last year….. It’s going to continue to go through the roof. The Vikes will be just fine. Sounds like sour grapes from you….

[@ericschilling3025]

This is a great deal. Bc now ceedee and Jamar are gonna get paiiiiid and they both have expensive qbs. Good luck to them

[@zachelton7734]

😂🤡

[@nsnbc6093]

This contract tells me that the cap is going up again soon. The NFL makes so much money of these players and they're starting to get their fair share.

[@terrytmoney599]

they have been getting paid wtf?

[@TehKaiser]

The owners of the NFL have far greater control over their players than other leagues. NFL is not the best path. Baseball stars make a ton more.

[@laserchiefwankoo204]

The has been going up man lol

[@laserchiefwankoo204]

​@@TehKaiserwhose arguing that? Thats not even the topic

[@nsnbc6093]

@@laserchiefwankoo204 sound drunk much?

[@APR702]

PERFECT!!! Time to underperform cause you got paid now

[@alberta5771]

If you think he’s going to stop trying you’ve never listened to a single JJ interview over the last 4 years.

[@ruggedmeetsrefined5345]

Not hating on dude getting paid. Good for him. But build a team around a WR? Do you want to win? They do have the benefit of not having to pay a QB for G least the next three years, but still, name the last Super Bowl team that paid their WR top dollar, Chiefs knew Tyreek Hill, one of the biggest gem changers in league history, was gonna want a big contract, and thand they traded him. After going to two Super Bowls, winning one. AJ Brown was a noticeably missing piece for Titans, and a noticeable asset for Eagles, but reality is Titans struggled because of injured/inexperienced offensive line. And Eagles success was because of a good (league allowed them to hold) offensive line. Gotta let your WR walk, and invest that money on the line of scrimmage

[@PATRIOT_Acronym69420]

Tell me you don’t know about Vikings football without telling me. Lol.

[@sirlordblacky447]

Ceedee Lambs stats not comparable to Jets. Peep it

[@yoboynoah9475]

If yall really knew ball Adams really the best WR by definition

[@sstier48]

People need to stop comparing ceedee to jj. 750 more yards in 6 less games

[@nabokovfan87]

Kind of nuts considering the situation, but it's a top player in the league, like top 3. (Mahomes, Hill, Jefferson) They, Minnesota, needs to fix some issues and stop playing terrible football and making bad choices. Bring back the Cunningham days and Chris Carter days. Find themselves a player like Adrian Peterson. Fix the defense. Just make smart choices. Yeah, it's not "easy" but there has been a lot of great players to walk through that dome, for nothing. Don't do that to Jefferson like all the others.

[@genitie5963]

Can’t believe he staying with the Vikings lol no Super Bowl ring for him any time soon

[@alexanderwatson9983]

Hope he has a good finance team to help his tax sitch on that signing bonus… dang

[@8thGenn]

Vikings smart to get it done before other WRs. If Ceedee or Chase had their deals first, they would've been paying way more

[@d8l835]

Chase signs for 5% more hours later

[@kalroy1230]

13:05 jaylen warrens basically in debt while Justin Jefferson could buy himself a decent defense

[@TheBoss-yz8ye]

These numbers are getting out of hand!

[@Kubush1]

Mike Evans deal was a steal

[@easyox77]

It only makes sense if you have a great quarterback.

[@hunter3534]

sometimes a great wr can make mostly any qb really good.

[@Angrychef-jx8bp]

@@hunter3534 Terry McLaurin,

[@a_truckerslifewith_tyrone4377]

Cd lamb should get at lease 120mil with 90mil

[@sprayer97]

watch Minnesota not do a single thing during this contract. market is about supply and demand. Demand is high but supply is even higher. watch what the Chiefs do and learn from it

[@kmon5919]

The move Joe Burrow made to LSU continues to get a bunch of guys paid in the NFL.

[@jimmystacchiotti22]

This world is effed up . They're paying a man to play a game 100+ million dollars while people who actually make the world go round are getting minimum wage... congrats to him but boy what a slap face to the rest of America

[@brown22sugar25]

Would you rather have the suits keep more of the money?

[@martydastooge]

He's the best at what he does in the whole WORLD (very likely).. he deserves way more than that. If you disagree, you go try to be the best in something that brings joy and entertainment to millions. Good luck 😉

[@nathanchen6523]

Do you realize that no one else could do his job? He deserves more

[@12thMandalorian]

I hope we trade DK Metcalf and don’t pay him close to that $140m, no way is he worth it

[@personreanimation]

The Next Larry Fitzgerald?

[@benjaminsmith6521]

Let the haters hate and watch the money pile up.

[@adamminichino5731]

Still salty the Eagles took Reagor over Jefferson.

[@jesseprobst5113]

a top paid WR does not win you superbowls and hurts your ability to build a team through the cap. Luckily they have no one else to pay until his contract is up, but it will also hurt them trying to sign FA to help bring the team up quicker.

[@Survivor_of_DMVdrivers]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Tyreek the one who himself said he'd retire sometime during his prime years? Could've sworn he said he'd retire before he hit 33 or some similarly early age. If that's the case, why would Miami offer him the bag when it's now Waddle's turn? If Tyreek changed his mind & wants to stay in the league longer, shouldn't that have been a convo to be had with your team's front office? Just saying, this whole mess seems like it could've been avoided.

[@JuiceVino87]

He made sure to get that money because he’s about to have some terrible play from Darnold 😂

[@jasonrobinson4924]

My Boi now we can FINALLY and I mean FINALLY knock this trade and ge don't wanna ve there nonsense

[@uGotGot1618]

Ceedee’s stats are similar but only if you include the period of time where JJ missed seven games. JJ is in a different league

[@KyleA296]

Just for them to win 2 games.

[@MichaelMAuth]

Remember when Howie r didn't draft him

[@mikesavo21]

This makes me very happy as a Packer fan! Lmfao 🤣 they are destined for failure paying that much money 💰 to a WR hahahaha…..😂😂😂😂

[@tov007]

kinda like when you have to pay big for a average qb

[@dustinvandehey889]

Yay

[@marquescoleman724]

W agent!

[@mosthatedminnesotan]

This will hopefully put the vikings in the hole for a few years

[@stephenwilliams9628]

Teams with max contracts never win anything

[@Rowsy91]

my man got PAID Well deserved. If we didnt have a rookie QB id say this hurts the Vikings win probablility moving forward I wouldnt want to copy the Miami Dolphins strategy of cap spending all on WRs. but since McCarthy on a rookie deal it doesnt matter

[@DeathCon666]

THATS MY 🐐

[@Syst3m04]

Can’t wait for the Cowboys to overpay CeeDee Lamb now and screw their cap space even more

[@Marshmallox43]

Good for him but salaries are rediculous and nobody even questioning anymore if any of that is justified or not because its not

[@davidwilkins5932]

JJ to JJ 🏈✈️🏈

[@clintmiller88]

The fact we couldn’t get Lamar better money is astonishing consider what these receivers are making

[@MrTmac2023]

player pay is rediculous. the play on the field isnt even as good as it used to be.

[@MarvelMadness2003]

Go cry

[@shannonchurchill4556]

This pretty much guarantees he'll either have a down year, or will be on IR by week 8.

[@BigJim5754]

Can you really say the best in the game while also describing 3-4 other WR's as 1A 1B 1C? He's one the best for damn sure, along w 3-4 others....

[@quackers584]

He’s historically the greatest wide receiver through their first 4 years. Nobody has more yards and he’s set the record for most yards through a players first 2, 3, 4 seasons. He’s historically the greatest wide receiver in NFL history in terms of YPG. Nobody averages more YPG in the history of the NFL than JJ. Started 9 games (only really played actual time in 8 of those games) last year and he still put up 1K+ yards. You ABSOLUTELY can say he’s the best receiver in the game

[@GetBigOrDieTrying-yt9cp]

Not worth that

[@InfiniteKhaos]

​@@quackers584and it led to nothing with a solid QB... When has building around a wr ever worked?

[@DetroitTyler]

I really don't like this deal, that much up front could be very unmotivating in year 3 and 4 of it. Knowing he has like 75% of the money in the bank already.

[@clintmiller88]

Florida no income tax

[@tov007]

I think you pay taxes where you play each game

[@clintmiller88]

Love these teams need to chill

[@santanam5718]

T.HILL IS TO SHORT😂 for that big money

[@Iggygonecatchen]

Speed kills … and he can catch

[@Angrychef-jx8bp]

But when is he not open

[@clintmiller88]

Be curious to see without Kirk if Jefferson is still this good tyreek is that good with TUA ONE MAN ONE CONCUSSION AWAY FROM BEING A VEGETABLE

[@ryqarst4690]

Lol 35 a year and no one to throw him the ball .

[@NCSKOLMAN15]

We already saw what happens when “no one’s” throw to him. Still puts up numbers. Quiet time

[@diablo_exp9296]

For a sports stand point yes he deserves honestly though there should be a salary limit like we cant have a future where a owner gotta pay someone 100 mil or 200 mil a year because this guy got 2 more million so i need a bigger contract i guess its karma though since alot of athletes end up broke or in jail or part of some scheme

[@Thecultofwrestling]

Cedee stats are simular if jj misses 7 game Theyre no way near the same player

[@brinaldi81]

SKOL he is the best WR and a good roll model for kids and even vets!! Not like alot of other clown WRs