re: Joe Burrow will be the highest paid player in NFL history

I'll be curious as time passes if anyone ends up ahead of Matt Stafford in career earnings anytime soon.

Stafford was the second to last first overall pick before they put rookie contracts in place. With that huge head start and the fact he played well enough to continue signing big contracts, it will be interesting to see if anyone can catch him.

He's actually in second right now, but Rogers has played 4 more years and has just 5 million more in career earnings. Once Rogers retires, Stafford will pass him the first additional year he plays.

Stafford was very lucky in that he got in before the rookie contracts.