The proliferation of seven-on-seven tournaments from high school through college has resulted in the emergence of plenty of very good quarterbacks. It also has accelerated the development of plenty of receivers, given that someone is catching all the passes that are being thrown.
As a result, the receiver position is in some ways becoming a lot like the running back position. With an increasing supply of great young players, veterans at the position could quickly find themselves devalued. The best veterans may have a harder time getting paid.
Against that backdrop, the money given to the best receivers has mushroomed in the past month, with players like Davante Adams, Tyreek Hill (pictured), and Stefon Diggs getting contracts worth roughly $25 million per year. Others, like 2019 second-rounders DK Metcalf, A.J. Brown, and Deebo Samuel (and 2019 third-rounder Terry McLaurin), are moving in that direction — with $30 million annually not very far away.
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