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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 extension is a cap-friendly bargain despite matching Jefferson's headline number.

Signed a four-year, $140 million extension making him the fourth-highest-paid wide receiver in the NFL at $35 million APY. Despite the headline number matching Justin Jefferson's salary, Flowers' deal represents a significantly lower percentage of the salary cap (Jefferson signed in 2024 at $255.4M cap; Flowers signed at $301.2M cap). With two years and under $30 million remaining on his rookie contract, the combined six-year average is $28.3 per year—described as a bargain for a player of his caliber.

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