Falcon’s Matt Ryan Sets Record With $48.6 Million Cap Hit
Set to enter his 15th NFL season, Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan is about to set a record. Sure, he’s moving up the all-time passing yardage ranks—he’s on the verge of entering the top five in NFL history—but the signal-caller’s salary is what is about to make league history. Ryan is set to have a salary cap hit of $48,662,500—the largest for an NFL player in league history. “Matty Ice’s” cap number balloons from $26,912,500 to $48,662,500 from 2021 to 2022, the fourth year of the five-year, $150 million contract extension he signed in 2018. He’ll account for a $43,612,500 hit next seas...