Contracts for quarterbacks are getting more and more expensive, with more and more playmakers signing deals that earn them 50 million dollars or more a year. Now a solution is being discussed: a salary cap for quarterbacks.

Trevor Lawrence, Joe Burrow, Jared Goff, Justin Herbert, Lamar Jackson, Jalen Hurts.

This is not the list of the best quarterbacks in the NFL, but it is the list of the most expensive. They all earn more than 50 million dollars a year.

The annual salaries for quarterbacks have gone through the roof in recent offseasons. In some cases, teams spend a quarter of their available salary cap on their playmaker.

Now there are apparently plans to introduce a percentage cap on quarterback salaries. “These ideas are definitely out there,” said insider Tom Pelissero on the “Rich Eisen Show”. A salary cap within the salary cap, so to speak.

“The idea is to prevent the figures from going through the roof,” Pelissero continues. However, so far this is nothing more than a loose idea. And not everyone is in favor of it. “As far as I know, the topic hasn’t gained much momentum yet. Especially teams that have already paid their quarterback don’t think much of it. “