Myles Garrett

The most likely outcome: Dallas pays Parsons, on an extension beginning after this year s option, more than Watt s $41M per year and more than Garrett s $123.3M in guarantees.

With Saquon Barkley, Myles Garrett and Ja'Marr Chase resetting the market, we took a look at the highest-paid NFL players at each position.

There are so many guys playing high-level ball on defense nowadays. Here are three tiers for the top 10.

There are so many guys playing high-level ball on defense nowadays. Here are three tiers for the top 10.

"This isn't going to be as easy as the last contract with T.J., where he was in his prime ... they saw a little bit of a decline last year," Dulac believes. Ja'Marr Chase currently holds the record in average per year at $40.25 million for a non-quarterback, though Myles Garrett's $88.8 million in guarantees dwarfs it. It's unclear which dollar figure Watt is coming after, but what is clear is that this could drag on well into training camp and perhaps, as Dulac suggests, right up to the beginning of the regular season. With Trey Hendrickson and Micah Parsons also vying to be in the highest-paid non-quarterback space, we have plenty of contract drama ahead of us on the edge during training camp and the preseason.