Panthers star justifies increased salaries for cornerbacks

The salaries for cornerbacks continue to rise. At the start of the NFL Free Agency, Jaycee Horn set new standards at the Panthers with an annual salary of $ 25 million. A development that is overdue according to Horn.

Jaycee Horn had approved a contract extension of up to $ 100 million at the Carolina Panthers, just a week later, Derek Stingley in Houston had negotiated $ 90 million for a three -year extension.

The two contracts raise the market for the cornerbacks at dizzying heights, which Horn is not only very welcoming due to its own monetary advantage. “Yes, we are not quite as far as with the Wide receivers. But I think we should earn what you deserve, or more because our job, apart from the quarterback, is the toughest job on the field,” said Horn in the Tuesday show by “The Insiders”.

Nevertheless, Horn is aware that this is complaints at a very high level. “There are all sums of money that change your life. So you can’t complain too much about it,” clarifies the cornerback.

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That the cornerbacks should get more money than, for example, receiver, the new top earner Derek Stingley Jr. Even before he was extended, he said: “The receivers reach $ 40 million,” said Stingley at the beginning of the month. “We are the people who go out and compete with them. I think it is good that the cornerbacks and other defensive positions also start to develop in this direction. I think it’s just good for sport. Obviously, it will be going up again and more, so I’m excited to see who will complete the next deal of this kind.”

Just a little later he extended in Houston for $ 30 million a year, while shortly afterwards yes’marr Chase actually cracked the $ 40 million brand with his mega contract in Cincinnati.