The Most Overpaid Player on Each NFL Team
In the NFL, front offices operate under the strict guidelines of a salary cap. The cap for the 2016 season was set at $155.27 million.
That might sound like a lot, but it can go quickly considering each
team employs 53 active players per week, not counting its injured or
practice squad players.
With such tight restrictions, every dollar spent is precious, which makes underperforming, big-money players especially detrimental. PointAfter, a sports visualization site powered by Graphiq, looked through all 32 rosters to find each team's most overpaid player.
For this exercise, we first looked for players under big contracts who have underperformed. Some teams spend their money more wisely than others, of course, and therefore have selections who aren't playing under relatively high salaries. When choosing each team's most overpaid player, only 2016 salaries were considered. We also factored in the player's contributions to their current team and the value of each position. A quarterback, for example, is inherently more valuable than an interior offensive lineman.
Players are ranked in order from lowest 2016 salary to highest. With that, here is each franchise's most overpaid player.
Note: All salary data is courtesy of Spotrac.
With such tight restrictions, every dollar spent is precious, which makes underperforming, big-money players especially detrimental. PointAfter, a sports visualization site powered by Graphiq, looked through all 32 rosters to find each team's most overpaid player.
For this exercise, we first looked for players under big contracts who have underperformed. Some teams spend their money more wisely than others, of course, and therefore have selections who aren't playing under relatively high salaries. When choosing each team's most overpaid player, only 2016 salaries were considered. We also factored in the player's contributions to their current team and the value of each position. A quarterback, for example, is inherently more valuable than an interior offensive lineman.
Players are ranked in order from lowest 2016 salary to highest. With that, here is each franchise's most overpaid player.
Note: All salary data is courtesy of Spotrac.
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