Let’s do some napkin math. His $8.5 million annual salary breaks down to about $500,000 per game. That’s per game, including preseason. So if he plays 17 regular-season games, he’s earning nearly $30,000 per snap. And he’ll probably take, like, 60 snaps a game. So that’s about $500 per snap. Five hundred dollars for a five-second play where he either hands the ball off or throws a pick. No pressure, kid.
If you put it in hours? He works maybe 40 hours a week during the season (plus film study, which definitely counts). That’s roughly $4,000 an hour. I get paid in leftover pizza and “exposure.” We are not the same.
The Real Question: What Does He Do With It?
Obviously, he’s not buying a Lamborghini for every drive. But you know he’s already got a car collection. Probably a tricked-out F-150 for New England winters. And a used Honda Civic “just to stay humble.” (Ha. Right.)
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Most likely, he’s smart with it. He’s a North Carolina boy, fresh out of college. He’s probably got a financial advisor who tells him to invest in index funds and real estate. But I like to imagine he also bought a lifetime supply of Bojangles’ biscuits. Because that’s what I’d do.
