Every NFL team’s highest salary for the 2023 season
By Nick Villano
San Francisco 49ers: Trent Williams — $27.227 million
The San Francisco 49ers are a team known to spend money in the right places. Trent Williams is as good a place to spend your money as any. He’s constantly named as one of the best left tackles in football despite his advanced age. At 35 years old, any team in the league would still gladly pay him north of $27 million per season.
The 49ers are a Super Bowl contender. They might be the one team in the NFL who are Super Bowl contenders while paying their presumed starting QB under under $1 million. That’s right. Purdy’s cap hit this season is $889,253. From our count, there are 63 players on this roster who will make more than Purdy this year. Of course, cuts and other transactions will change that since there are only 51 players on a roster, but it tells an insane story.
Williams’ holds the job of protecting Purdy. The sophomore is coming off major elbow surgery, and he wants to hold off Trey Lance for the starting job.
Interestingly enough, Williams is playing under the final guarantees in his contract. Starting next season, only his bonuses would cause dead money on the cap. Still, it’s hard to conceive a world where the 49ers don’t find room for Williams on this roster.