Antoine Winfield Jr.: PAID

[BucsFan6000]

Schefter just posted this on Facebook. I suck at embedding tweets, so here’s the copy/paste of what he posted:

“Antoine Winfield Jr. is now the highest-paid defensive back in NFL history after he and the Bucs reached agreement on a 4-year, $84.1M deal, per sources. It’s the first time in modern NFL history that a safety has set this mark.

Deal negotiated and confirmed by David Mulugheta of Athletes First.

The NFL’s highest-paid DBs:

S Antoine Winfield Jr.: $21.025M
CB Jaire Alexander: $21M
CB Denzel Ward: $20.1M
CB Jalen Ramsey: $20M
CB Marlon Humphrey: $19.5M”

[13F11B]

Nice! Glad this got done.

[Grahamburn]

Much deserved. Congrats, Antoine!

[Jonny]

It's a lot of money, but he's among one of the two players on defense that I don't need to be concerned about in terms of bringing his 100% game in and game out. The other one is LVD.

[BuccaNOLEer]

Glad he's locked in. He's earned that payday.

[Phantom]

Sweet

The $45 million in guarantees is the most guaranteed money a safety has ever received in NFL history

[Snake]

Alright, that’s more than I expected lol

[Kona]

Nice! Much deserved. Dude is playmaker in every sense

[Grahamburn]

[Backside]

Woo!

Now go earn that well deserved pay day.

[Cheb]

Antoine singlehandedly won us like 3 games last season, and is our best young defender by a wide margin. Moreover, he seems like a standup dude.

Well deserved and well earned. Glad he will be in Tampa for the foreseeable future.

[Snake]

Antoine singlehandedly won us like 3 games last season, and is our best young defender by a wide margin. Moreover, he seems like a standup dude.

Well deserved and well earned. Glad he will be in Tampa for the foreseeable future.

He’s the most versatile secondary player in the NFL. He’s uncanny clutch. This goes back to college. Really can’t spend your money any better than this.

Just pray for health.

[Bootz]

Get. Your. Money.

He deserves every penny. Congratulations.

Wirfs, you're next.

[Grahamburn]

Only thing you worry about is the injuries. He has missed games in two of his four years.

I wonder what kind of 2024 cap savings we're looking at and if they'll be used to bolster the roster prior to training camp.

[Four Verticals]

Only thing you worry about is the injuries. He has missed games in two of his four years.

I wonder what kind of 2024 cap savings we're looking at and if they'll be used to bolster the roster prior to training camp.

First thing they have to do is sign the rookies which, until now, they only had about $400k to do so with.

[These Are The Days]

YES!!!! We're doing the same shit good teams do. Enjoy the paycheck Winfield. You've earned every penny

[Snake]

I jumped out of my chair in elation when Winfield was drafted.

This is not often the case.

Good for ‘Toine getting this money.

[Big Irv]

He’s a cornerstone of our defense and could end up on some Buccaneers top 10 lists by the time he’s done. Glad he’s locked up for the foreseeable future.

[Bootz]

Curious to see how much we save on the salary cap for this season.

[Sdbucs]

He’s a cornerstone of our defense and could end up on some Buccaneers top 10 lists by the time he’s done. Glad he’s locked up for the foreseeable future.

He is already top 10 imo

[acmillis]

Curious to see how much we save on the salary cap for this season.

[Bootz]

Curious to see how much we save on the salary cap for this season.

Thank you. That's gonna be a big help in getting the draft class signed.

[Kress]

Antoine singlehandedly won us like 3 games last season

My mind instantly went to thinking about the same type of thing. There are only a handful of people in this league where you can put them out in a field of 11 and just flat out see how much they are dictating the result. AWJ is one of those guys.

Happy in pants.

[Bootz]

Alright, that’s more than I expected lol

I wouldn't have expected this in January or February. Last few days though, rumblings started to grow that he wasn't taking a discount and he wasn't doing anything Bucs related on that tag. His agent seems to be a real dog and damn good at his job.

We were never getting off cheap here.

[Phantom]

He’s a cornerstone of our defense and could end up on some Buccaneers top 10 lists by the time he’s done. Glad he’s locked up for the foreseeable future.

He is already top 10 imo

top 5

[Phantom]

Antoine singlehandedly won us like 3 games last season.

hahaha i've repeated that countless times.. Facts

[Central_Buc]

See @Bootz , I told ya they were working on it.

[Grahamburn]

Antoine singlehandedly won us like 3 games last season.

hahaha i've repeated that countless times.. Facts

Atlanta at home should have been 4.

[Buc2]

Ian Rapoport should be ashamed of himself. If you're gonna show a pic of AWJ, it has to be this one...

[Redrum]

That's a lot of booty for someone way up on the crow's nest but he's worth it for the peace out moment alone.

[Bootz]

See @Bootz , I told ya they were working on it.

I knew something was cooking when his agent basically started sending those subliminal messages last week. Timeline fits. Bucs send a number, agent doesn't go public exactly but kinda does. Licht DOES go public. 2 sides meet again and they find common ground. Player gets his money. Everyone is happy.

[IchabodCrane84]

Ian Rapoport should be ashamed of himself. If you're gonna show a pic of AWJ, it has to be this one...

This moment alone is worth 84 million dollars.

[Babeinbucland]

That would be fun to have that pic as part of our 2024 banner

[Snake]

Didn’t realize he had a half sleeve of the SB trophy with the Bucs logo too. Sick.

[Backside]

Ian Rapoport should be ashamed of himself. If you're gonna show a pic of AWJ, it has to be this one...

Idk, that red top pewter pants look in his original picture also looks damn good.