How do teams value positions? We can tell by what they pay them.
Below are the average top 10 cap hits of every position (put together by @PFF_Mike).
I was surprised interior DL was so high, but then you look at the contracts to guys like Suh, Cox, Malik Jackson and its not surprising.
You can see that OG is getting a lot more valuable. Not mentioned here, but the OTs are all LT contracts. The RT position is now paid less than OG.
Its interesting that EDGE, interior DL, and CB are all valued more than OT and WR. But this also makes sense given the outsized impact a QB has. Pressure/coverage all work together. But if you have a great QB you can have lesser OT/WR. Especially given the rise of the quick passing game.
Surprised how much LBs are paid. I'm also surprised by S being lower than LB, especially given almost all those contracts are FS contracts (which are a lot more valuable than SS).
