Patrick Mahomes heaped praise on Jalen Hurts for playing ‘the right way’ after the Philadelphia Eagles made the quarterback the highest-paid player in NFL history.
Hurts and Philadelphia agreed to a five-year deal worth $255million with more than $179.3m in guarantees on Monday. That will mean the quarterback will pocket around $51m a year and overtake Aaron Rodgers as the highest-paid quarterback in football - with the deal including the first no-trade clause of the Eagles' history.
Traditionally, the quarterback market dictates that the next star up for renewal sets the new record as Hurts has done on a per-annum basis. However, Mahomes inked the most lucrative contract in North American sports history when he signed a 10-year extension with the Kansas City Chiefs worth over $500m in 2020.
