Michael Irvin NFL salary comparison
by Thomasbernard: Michael Irvin
Michael Irvin claims he'd suit up at 60 if healthy, but the real kicker is his take on modern NFL pay. He notes Michael Wilson just signed a $75M contract after a 1,000-yard season and saw a player with 73 catches earning $25M annually. Irvin insists that since he caught 110 balls, he would be pulling in $60M a year right now.
Transcript (en)
So if you could be 60 years old right now and healthy to play, you would play right now? Yeah, if I could. What? And they paying 30, 40? I saw a guy today, he had 73 yards, 73 catches, 1,000 yards. He got a contract, three years, 75 million. What? That's $25 million a year. Who was that? To catch 70 balls. I caught 105 and 10 balls. I would be getting 40, 50, 60 million a year right now. What?
