Higgins' deal is also for four years and he gets $115 million including an average annual salary of $28.7 million with his second year fully guaranteed. Both players now rank in the top 10 of salaries for the wide receiver position.

If you needed a No. 1 receiver, there's not a surefire guy in this draft,” one NFC talent evaluator told Yahoo Sports. “There’s not No. 1 receivers, there’s a couple [No.] 2s and a lot of [No.] 3s.”