Baltimore Beatdown on Zay Flowers

ArticleRavens Reacts survey: grading the Zay Flowers extension
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signing him to a four-year, $140 million extension that makes him the fourth-highest-paid wide receiver in the NFL... Flowers now makes as much as Justin Jefferson. However, Jefferson signed back in 2024, when the salary cap was just $255.4 million. It has since jumped to $301.2 million, meaning that Flowers' $35 million APY represents a significantly lower percentage of the cap than Jefferson's did at signing.
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Flowers' $35M APY is cap-efficient compared to Jefferson's deal when adjusted for salary cap growth.

Signed a four-year, $140 million extension making him the fourth-highest-paid wide receiver in the NFL with $35 million APY. While the headline APY matches Justin Jefferson's, Flowers' deal represents a lower percentage of the salary cap ($301.2M in 2025 vs. $255.4M when Jefferson signed in 2024). Combined with $30 million remaining on his rookie contract, Flowers' six-year average is $28.3 per year—characterized as a bargain for a player of his caliber.

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