re: Projected starting NFL QB salaries for 2014

"How much these guys are really making in 2014:

Aaron Rodgers - $22,000,000

Colin Kaepernick $21,000,000

Matt Ryan $20,750,000

Joe Flacco $20,100,000

Drew Brees $20,000,000

Peyton Manning $19,200,000

Jay Cutler $18,100,000

Tony Romo $18,000,000

Matthew Stafford $17,666,667

Eli Manning $16,250,000

Any Dalton $16,000,000

Tom Brady $14,120,000

Philip Rivers $13,628,571

Sam Bradford $13,000,000

Ben Roethlisberger $12,513,235

Alex Smith $8,416,667

Carson Palmer $8,000,000

Matt Schaub $6,750,000

Andrew Luck $5,527,000

Cam Newton $5,506,375

Robert Griffin III $5,279,775

Matt Cassel $5,250,000

Blake Bortles $5,163,703

Josh McCown $5,000,000

Matt Moore $4,000,000

Chad Henne $4,000,000

Michael Vick $4,000,000

Ryan Fitzpatrick $3,750,000

Ryan Tannehill $3,167,211

Jake Locker $3,146,501

Christian Ponder $2,537,500

EJ Maneil $2,221,325

Johnny Manziel $2,062,149

Geno Smith $1,245,901

Bryan Hoyer $982,500"


And this is why the NFL is becoming unwatchable. These idiot owners sink all this money into a salary-cap restricted payroll league and then freak out when these fragile assets get injured. So, they change the game to protect these fragile assets. The rule changes make these QBs even more valuable, which further drives up their salaries relative to other positions (which will necessitate rule changes to further protect them). Look what happened when Tom Brady got his knee hurt. Kraft was practically in Goodell's office before the final whistle of that game rigging the ridiculous "Bernard Pollard" rule.

Within ten years, Kraft and Goodell will seriously propose no tackling of QBs. Book it.