The Potential BILLION DOLLAR QB & NFL Salary Cap Increase

TL;DR

NFL salaries are skyrocketing because teams are betting on upcoming media contract renegotiations that will massively increase the salary cap.

Key Points

• 1.Tyler Lindbaum reset the center market to $27M/year on a 3-year $81M deal, jumping $9M above the previous record set by Creed Humphrey at $18M/year
• 2.The NFL salary cap has risen ~$52M over just the past two years ($30M last year, $22M this year) — and that's *before* new media contracts kick in
• 3.NFL media contracts are currently being renegotiated; the NBA's recent deals skyrocketed despite stagnant viewership because networks desperately need live sports content to survive
• 4.Jason Kelce predicts a quarterback could earn a 10-year, billion-dollar contract within the next decade, with per-year salaries approaching $100M as cap space balloons