Trey McBride's reign as the NFL's highest-paid tight end lasted all of 26 days.

On April 3, the Cardinals tight end signed a four-year, $76 million contract extension.

On April 26, George Kittle of the 49ers inked a four-year, $76.4 million deal that averaged out to $19,100 per year, $100,000 more a season than McBride's pact, Bobby Kownack of NFL.com reports

The contracts made the two the only tight ends in the $19 million-per-year club, but McBride is perfectly content to be leapfrogged -- and he's hoping others at their position continue passing him.

"I think it was great that I had the title at one point and that was obviously a huge milestone for me and everything just to be the highest paid at my position at the time, and I thought that was really cool," McBride said Wednesday on Arizona Sports’ Burns & Gambo. "Obviously, George is much deserving of that and I'm very excited for him.

"I would love for someone to jump him and everyone just keep jumping each other and the tight ends make a ton of money. So that's what I'm pulling for but obviously very excited for George."

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