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- [Andy Mills] We're ranking the top five

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richest active NFL players and guess what?

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They all play the same position.

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Can you guess which one?

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According to Celebrity
Net Worth, at number five,

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and a surprise on this list,
is quarterback Cam Newton.

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Who's worth about $75 million.

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Cam, currently a free agent

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was recently in the news for saying,

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"I have teams that are
interested in signing me.

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I'm waiting on the best fit

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as it pertains to winning a championship

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and getting a fair chance to play."

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Good luck, Cam.

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Coming in at number four with
a net worth of $85 million.

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Joe Flacco.

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Flacco's fortune was amassed
in part by great timing.

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After winning the Super Bowl in 2013

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and being named the Super Bowl MVP,

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Flacco became a free agent.

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He then signed a six-year,
$120 million deal

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with the Ravens, making
him the highest paid player

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in NFL history at the time.

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Number three, Russell Wilson

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with a $165 million nest egg.

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Wilson, now with the Denver Broncos,

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amassed his fortune mostly
with the Seattle Seahawks

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and lucrative endorsement
deals with the likes of Amazon,

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Bose, Mercedes-Benz and
about a dozen other brands.

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He's also married to Ciara,
so I think he's doing okay.

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Number two, Aaron Rodgers

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with a big old mountain of
money worth about $200 million.

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Super Bowl champ and four-time league MVP,

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Rodgers was in the news for
dating a woman named Blue.

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Uh, okay.

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He's also had some great endorsement deals

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and generous contracts in the past.

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In 2018, he bought a minority
stake in the Milwaukee Bucks.

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And in March of this year,

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he signed an extension with the Packers

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that will pay him $50 million
per year for four years

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with $153 million guaranteed.

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Goddamn!

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And the number one
richest active NFL player

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is the G.O.A.T himself, Tom Brady,

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who is worth about $250 million.

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but add on Brady's new 10-year,

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$375 million Fox Sports
broadcasting contract

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and his supermodel wife Gisele Bundchen's

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$400 million net worth
and together these two

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could soon be worth
about a billion dollars.

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All that money and seven Super Bowl rings

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sounds like a pretty good life.

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