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RU
ARY
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$125
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PER
REC
EPTI
ON FO
R 10
5 TO
TAL C
ATCH
ES
DEM
AR
YIU
S TH
OM
AS
SALA
RY: $
13.2
M
$325
,000
PER
TACK
LE FO
R 30
TOTA
L TAC
KLES
VO
N M
ILLE
R SA
LARY
: $9.
75M
$178
,717
PER
TACK
LE FO
R 39
TOTA
L TAC
KLES
AQ
UIB
TA
LIB
SALA
RY: $
6.97
M
WHA
T’S M
ANNI
NG
GOT I
N TH
E POC
KET?
Hol
y O
mah
a! T
he D
enve
r Bro
ncos
pay
qu
arte
rbac
k Pe
yton
Man
ning
$1
7.5
mill
ion
a ye
ar —
eno
ugh
to to
p ou
r Li
st o
f Den
ver’s
hig
hest
pai
d at
hlet
es.
Her
e’s
a lo
ok a
t how
muc
h yo
u’d
have
to
spe
nd o
n va
rious
item
s to
cov
er
Peyt
on’s
pay
— a
nd h
ow m
uch
he g
ets
paid
for e
ach
play
.
RETU
RN O
N IN
VEST
MEN
TPe
yton
’s re
gula
r sea
son
scor
ecar
d:
$88,
383
PER
CO
MPLE
TED
PASS
Fo
r 198
com
plet
ed p
asse
s, w
hich
com
es
out t
o $7
,781
per
pas
sing
yar
d.
$2,18
7,500
PER
WIN
Fo
r 8 re
gula
r sea
son
win
s.
A SU
PER
BOW
L TRI
P:
PRIC
ELES
S
OTHE
R HI
GHLY
PAI
D BR
ONCO
S H
ere’
s th
e re
turn
on
inve
stm
ent o
f thr
ee o
ther
Br
onco
s on
our
list
, bas
ed
on th
eir 2
015
-20
16
tota
l sal
arie
s fo
r reg
ular
se
ason
gam
es.
See
our c
ompl
ete
list o
f hi
ghes
t-pa
id a
thle
tes
on p
age
17
PARK
IT O
VER
THER
E A
t $20
a s
pot,
you’
d ha
ve to
par
k
875,
00
0 c
ars
at S
port
s A
utho
rity
Fiel
d to
co
ver P
eyto
n’s
pay.
How
ever
, the
re’s
onl
y 6,
500
spa
ces,
so
it w
ould
take
135
gam
es
to m
atch
Man
ning
’s s
alar
y. A
void
ing
the
traff
ic w
ith li
ght r
ail?
Tha
t’s 1,
944,
450
roun
d tr
ips
from
Litt
leto
n.
NATI
ONW
IDE I
S
ON H
IS S
IDE
Man
ning
’s sa
lary
cou
ld p
ay th
e w
hole
life
in
sura
nce
polic
y pr
emiu
m fo
r a y
ear f
or 12
,871
45
-yea
r-ol
d m
ales
, bas
ed o
n a
mon
thly
pre
miu
m
of $
113.
30 fo
r $50
,00
0 o
f cov
erag
e.
SO
UR
CES
: PA
PAJO
HN
S.C
OM
, NFL
SH
OP.
CO
M, N
ATIO
NW
IDE.
CO
M, S
PORT
S A
UTH
OR
ITY
FIEL
D A
T M
ILE
HIG
H, B
UIC
K.C
OM
, NFL
.CO
M P
HO
TOS
: DO
UG
PEN
SIN
GER
, GET
TY IM
AG
ES (
MA
NN
ING
); E
RIC
LA
RS B
AKK
E, D
ENV
ER B
RON
CO
S (
THO
MA
S, M
ILLE
R A
ND
TA
LIB)
OTH
ERS
: TH
INKS
TOC
K, B
LOO
MBE
RG
Num
ber o
f car
s Bu
ick
wou
ld h
ave
to s
ell t
o eq
ual P
eyto
n’s
sala
ry (a
t $26
,390
a v
ehic
le).
663
BUIC
K VE
RANO
S
IT’S
TH
E BEE
R
It w
ould
take
2,5
00,
00
0 B
ud
Ligh
ts a
t $7
per c
up to
equ
al
Peyt
on’s
sal
ary.
Tha
t’s 3
90,6
25
gallo
ns o
f bee
r, en
ough
to
fill
an O
lym
pic-
size
sw
imm
ing
pool
mor
e
than
hal
fway
.
WHA
T A
DEAL
!
NOW
THAT
’S
A PI
ZZA
PART
YJE
RSEY
M
ANIA
Yo
u’d
need
to b
uy 14
5,83
3
team
jers
eys
at $
120
a p
op
to p
ay P
eyto
n’s
sala
ry —
al
mos
t eno
ugh
to
clot
he e
very
one
in
Fort
Col
lins.
Man
ning
doe
s co
mm
erci
als
for P
apa
John
’s Pi
zza
and
owns
fr
anch
ises
. You
’d h
ave
to b
uy
1,296
,296
of P
apa
John
’s la
rge
pepp
eron
i pie
s, a
t $13
.50
ea
ch, t
o m
atch
his
sal
ary.
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yrig
ht -
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ver B
usin
ess
Jour
nal -
do
not d
uplic
ate
