Darius Slay now the highest-paid CB in NFL ahead of Dolphins Byron Jones

The Philadelphia Eagles got their man, trading for Lions star cornerback Darius Slay.

The numbers are in and the Eagles now have the highest-paid cornerback in the NFL after agreeing to a 3-year, $50 million extension with Slay.

That number now makes Slay the highest paid in the NFL over the guy that just spurned the Eagles in free agency, Byron Jones.

Darius Slay is signing 3-year, $50M contract extension w/ $30M guaranteed with the #Eagles as part of the trade, per agent Drew Rosenhaus. That’s $16.67M per year. That’s a little more than the $16.5M per year salary Byron Jones signed with the Dolphins. Slay is 2 years older.

— Jeff McLane (@Jeff_McLane) March 19, 2020

Jones got almost $90 million from the Dolphins, but in regards to average per year, Slay is the highest-paid now at $16.67 million per Over The Cap.

Slay is now the highest-paid cornerback based on the new money average. Jones’ deal does pay him $18 million per season over the first 3 years, but it still averages out to $16.5 million per overall.