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How Do the Eagles’ Highest-Paid Positions Compare to Other Super Bowl Champions?
With Super Bowl LIX only a few days away, it’s worth wondering how the NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles got to this position, roster-wise, with GM Howie Roseman building a championship caliber roster through NFL free agency, trades and the draft.
Overall, Philly’s 2024-25 roster features the league’s 16th highest salary cap allocation amount, at just over $256.1 million (per Spotrac.com) leaving them a tad more than $29 million in dead cap space (ranking sixth leaguewide) as the Big Game rolls on in New Orleans.
As we get closer to the Super Bowl, PennStakes.com was interested in seeing the most prevalent top-paid positions among Super Bowl winning teams. We used Spotrac.com to find the top five paid positions, based on cap hit, for each team that won the Super Bowl since 2015. We compared the six positions the past Super Bowl champion teams have spent most of their money on to the current Philadelphia Eagles team to see how the Eagles stack up against historical winners. We did top six teams since there was a 3-way tie for 4th place. The ranking is based on the number of championship teams the positions are on.
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What Positions Get Paid the Most On Super Bowl Champion Teams?
Rank | Position | # of Teams | Pct of Avg. Cap Hit |
1 | Quarterback | 8 | 9.77% |
T-2 | Cornerback | 5 | 6.67% |
T-2 | Tight End | 5 | 5.20% |
T-4 | Wide Receiver | 4 | 7.65% |
T-4 | Free Safety | 4 | 6.53% |
T-4 | Outside Linebacker | 4 | 5.40% |
When it comes to recent Super Bowl champions, eight of the last 10 teams had the quarterback position as their top salary cap hit, position group wise, three ahead of the next closest position groups (cornerbacks and tight ends, at five apiece).
Throw in a three-way tie between wide receivers, free safeties and outside linebackers at four teams apiece and you have the full breakdown of where recent Super Bowl teams spent the most money, with Philly looking to add a ninth NFL team with QB as their top spend in 2025.
Eagles’ Top Five Highest-Paid Positions
Rank | Position | Pct of Cap Hit |
1 | Quarterback | 7.92% |
2 | Wide Receiver | 6.40% |
3 | Right Tackle | 6.33% |
4 | Defensive End | 5.98% |
5 | Tackle | 5.71% |
Speaking of which, the biggest salary cap hit on this year’s Eagles team is superstar QB Jalen Hurts, who has a hit of $21,769,800 according to Spotrac.com, ranking ahead of wideout A.J. Brown’s figure of $17,591,894 and right tackle Lane Johnson’s hit of $17,412,000.
Throw in defensive end Josh Sweat’s total of $16,438,000, offensive tackle Jordan Mailata’s total of $15,702,000 and cornerback Darius Slay’s total of $13,780,000 and you have the upper end of the Philly salary cap pool covered, which neatly correlates with the teamwide breakdown for the year.
That’s because the QB room was Philly’s top spend this year, taking up 7.92% of the Eagles’ salary cap hit, while wideouts (6.40%), right tackles (6.33%), defensive ends (5.98%) and offensive tackles (5.71%) rounded out the team’s quintet of top paid position groups for the season.
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