Green Bay Packers offensive lineman David Bakhtiari signed a deal back in November that was worth an average of $23 million a year, a big price to pay to keep Aaron Rodgers protected.
But that record has been broken by The San Francisco 49ers, who gave Trent Williams so much money — a reported six years and $138 million ($55,100,000 guaranteed). But the yearly average is $23,010,000.
That’s right, Williams beat out Bakhtiari’s number by just $10,000 a year. And Bakhtiari definitely noticed with a tweet congratulating Williams while also calling him out jokingly for being “petty AF.”
Here’s the tweet, with some reaction from current and former O-lineman having a laugh over it:
https://twitter.com/DavidBakhtiari/status/1372178196406267909?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1372178196406267909%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpackerswire.usatoday.com%2F2021%2F03%2F17%2Ftrent-williams-passes-david-bakhtiari-just-barely-as-highest-paid-ol-in-nfl-history%2F
My last deal we went back at the last second to jump Lane by $5,000. On only a 1 year new money extension basis, for like 3rd in RT money. A few months later he beat that by $7,000,000 per year, over 4 years haha
— Mitchell Schwartz (@MitchSchwartz71) March 17, 2021
😂😂 it be like that sometimes, Mitch.
— David Bakhtiari (@DavidBakhtiari) March 17, 2021
😂
— Lane Johnson (@LaneJohnson65) March 17, 2021
LOL.
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