{"id":911287,"date":"2026-06-06T05:54:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T05:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/911287\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T05:54:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T05:54:16","slug":"atlanta-falcons-10-highest-paid-offensive-players-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/911287\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta Falcons: 10 highest-paid offensive players in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>June 5, 2026, 6:00 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/atlanta-falcons\/323\" data-autotag=\"55e278ca-caf0-429b-8b4a-caeb78bff5ff\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Atlanta Falcons<\/a> took care of one of their young stars this week, signing wide receiver Drake London to a four-year, $141 million extension that could be worth up $150 million and includes $100 million in guaranteed money. That&#8217;s not a bad chunk of change for the 24-year-old, but it will certainly take its toll on the Falcons&#8217; salary cap.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">London is set to earn $16.8 million this season on his fifth-year option before his extension kicks in next year. Starting in 2026, the former top-10 pick will average $35.25 million per season over the next four years. The Falcons have some other big contracts coming up, including Bijan Robinson, Kyle Pitts, Ryan Neuzil and Matthew Bergeron.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Others, such as Chris Lindstrom and Jake Matthews, are already making big money from prior extensions. Lindstrom leads the team with a cap hit of $26.25 million this season. Matthews is third with a cap hit of $16.7 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Here&#8217;s a look at the 10 highest Falcons salary cap hits on offense in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Falcons 10 highest salary cap hits on offenseChris Lindstrom: $26,250,000Drake London: $16,817,000Jake Matthews: $16,773,714Kyle Pitts: $15,045,000Bijan Robinson: $6,986,810Michael Penix: $6,240,719Ryan Neuzil: $6,225,000Charlie Woerner: $5,750,000Jahan Dotson: $5,000,000Matthew Bergeron: $4,806,451Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:6|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Wide receiver Jahan Dotson, tight end Charlie Woerner and guard Matthew Bergeron round out the team&#8217;s 10 highest-paid offensive players this season. Dotson is relatively unprovenm but the team is banking on the former first-round pick&#8217;s potential.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Check back for the team&#8217;s 10 highest-paid defensive players on Saturday. The Falcons will be back for their third round of OTAs on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"June 5, 2026, 6:00 p.m. ET The Atlanta Falcons took care of one of their young stars this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":911288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2074],"tags":[95878,223,254,2554,224,7,6,119355,96607,96608,95882,96609,96193,111562,100728,97416,97897,109340,97155,100871,96194,95895,95899,108004,95883,95881],"class_list":["post-911287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-atlanta-falcons","tag-accessfree","tag-atlanta","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-atlantafalcons","tag-falcons","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-sourcefalcons-wire","tag-sstssportsnflfalcons","tag-sstsnfalcons","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagatlanta-falcons","tag-tagbijan-robinson","tag-tagcharlie-woerner","tag-tagchris-lindstrom","tag-tagdrake-london","tag-tagjahan-dotson","tag-tagjake-matthews","tag-tagkyle-pitts","tag-tagmatthew-bergeron","tag-tagmichael-penix-jr","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagryan-neuzil","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=911287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/911288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=911287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=911287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=911287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}