Once an afterthought in a run-dominated league, wide receivers have become some of the NFL's biggest stars in this millennium. Typically brash athletes who can break a game open with their speed and great hands, wide receivers have started to get paid like the difference-makers they are.
Given all that, and with one of the biggest-name WRs, Stefon Diggs (who we ranked the fourth-best in the league a few years ago), in the news this week for being dealt from the Buffalo Bills to the Houston Texans, we thought it was time to share the list of the 10 highest-paid wide receivers for this coming NFL season. Please note that there's a few ways to categorize salaries in the NFL, as some have big-money deals that are not guaranteed, others spread signing bonuses around, etc. For the purposes of this piece, we're going with the 12 highest-paid in "cash ranking," ie, what these stars will take home this season.
All stats via Spotrac.