17th game officially being added to the schedule

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(03-21-2021, 09:37 AM)SunsetBengal Wrote: With the new media contracts announced, some are predicting the salary cap to almost double for 2022.

Presumably that's what the Patriots were thinking/banking on when they signed a lot of those contracts. Agholor/Henry/Jonnu combined for a $43.75m cap hit in 2022. That might end up only being the equivalent of ~$25m right now as far as % of cap space goes if the cap rises that much.

That said, if the cap does rise that much, there's going to be a LOT of players unhappy with their contracts when they start seeing guys with half their talent start getting contracts bigger than theirs.

If Burrow becomes what we hope/expect him to become over the 2021-2022 seasons, he's going to end up getting like $70m+/yr if the salary cap almost doubles in 2022.