{"id":681066,"date":"2026-06-03T02:53:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T02:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/681066\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T02:53:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T02:53:12","slug":"drake-london-falcons-agree-to-141m-contract-extension-updated-nfl-salary-cap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/681066\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake London, Falcons Agree to $141M Contract Extension, Updated NFL Salary Cap"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Atlanta Falcons have signed their star receiver to a new contract. <\/p>\n

Drake London agreed to a four-year, $141 million extension with the Falcons on Tuesday. <\/p>\n

The Falcons currently have $19.7 million in top-51 cap space, per Spotrac<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The new deal for London isn’t much of a surprise. In March, Falcons general manager Ian Cunningham said<\/a> extension talks were “on top of the mind.” <\/p>\n

London, the eighth overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, has progressed every year of his career so far. He had a strong rookie season with 866 receiving yards and four touchdowns before collecting 905 yards and two touchdowns in his second season. <\/p>\n

In 2024, London had the best season of his career and established himself among the league’s best in terms of wide receivers. He had the fourth-most receiving yards in the NFL with 1,271, also picking up nine touchdowns on 100 receptions. He recorded career highs in receptions, yards and touchdowns. <\/p>\n

After the breakout year for London in 2024, the Falcons wisely decided to pick up his $16.8 million contract option<\/a>, keeping him in Atlanta through the 2026 season at an extreme value considering his production. <\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the 2025 campaign saw London miss five games, but he still recorded 919 yards and seven touchdowns. <\/p>\n

Following London’s career year in 2024, it was clear he was on his way to being a star, and the Falcons’ picking up his contract option only meant his payday would come a bit later. Now, London has a lucrative deal, and he’ll look to continue his rise to stardom in Atlanta. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Atlanta Falcons have signed their star receiver to a new contract. Drake London agreed to a four-year,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":681067,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-681066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=681066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/681067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=681066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=681066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=681066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}