Why do some quarterbacks make $40 million per year?
While Drake Maye is only in Year 2 of his rookie contract, pulling in a cool $8.33 million, he has acted a lot like one of the highly paid dudes in Kansas City, Baltimore, Buffalo, Cincinnati and L.A.
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