The Atlanta Falcons do not know if their quarterback of the long run is on the roster, however they do know their No. 1 huge receiver shall be for fairly a while.
The Falcons and WR Drake London agreed to a four-year, $141M contract extension with $100M assured on Tuesday. Per Spotrac, he is now the third-highest-paid WR within the NFL behind Cincinnati Bengals standout Ja’Marr Chase ($40.25M per yr) and Seattle Seahawks star Jaxon Smith-Njigba ($42.15M per yr).
Which may be thought-about a slight overpay for London, who by no means reached a Professional Bowl in his first 4 seasons with the Falcons. Solidifying his long-term future, nonetheless, is sensible for Atlanta. Enjoying with the gifted pass-catcher ought to profit Falcons QBs Tua Tagovailoa and Michael Penix Jr. It might additionally support their subsequent QB.
Signing Drake London to extension is sensible long-term funding for Falcons
For the reason that Falcons chosen former USC Trojans star London with choose No. 8 within the 2022 NFL Draft, he has performed with six QBs, together with Desmond Ridder, an over-the-hill Kirk Cousins and Penix.
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