For the next collective bargaining agreement, the players (esp the non QBs) need to make some demands:
* They need guaranteed contracts
* There should be a percent of the salary cap max for all position groups. QBs, for example, make way too much money and eat up too much of the cap. A star QB gets $28M and the rest of the 53 man roster gets what's left.. Look at all the QBs who make over $27 million a year who did not make the playoffs.
* A couple years ago the Vikings had offensive linemen dropping like flies. They did not have enough room under the salary cap to sign any decent O linemen so they signed a guy who had retired. Well, he lasted a couple games before he had a season ending leg injury.
* They call the NFL "Not For Long" for a reason. Not many players last in the league for long; to the owners, they are disposable.