Bills safety Jordan Poyer was a bit of a late bloomer, performance-wise. Drafted by the Eagles in the seventh round in 2013, Poyer broke out with Buffalo in ’21, his age-30 season. He was named first-team All-Pro and followed that up with a Pro Bowl campaign in ’22.
With the recent success has come a spike in compensation. The soon-to-be free agent made $5.6 million in salary in 2022, slightly more than his salaries in ’19, ’20 and ’21 combined. Thus, Poyer has learned relatively late what NFL players typically realize from the outset: the only certainties in life are death and taxes.
"A lot of people ask me, ‘Oh, if it wasn’t Buffalo, where would you go?’ I kind of ponder the question every once in a while," Poyer said Saturday on his podcast, The Jordan Poyer Show. "I would love to go to a state that doesn’t take half my money. It’s crazy to me how taxes work. Some people will say, ‘You’re already making X amount of money.’ Taxes play a big part in all of our lives."
New York had the highest tax burden in the United States in 2022, per CNBC.
“If it wasn’t Buffalo, it’d be nice to see the sun,” Poyer added, noting that he wanted to keep playing in 2023 and beyond.
