NFL playbooks and schemes aren’t the only complex and esoteric issues to garden-variety football observers. Contracts, ongoing negotiations, and their implications on the salary cap can be just as complicated.
That’s what makes the present situation for four NFL superstars so unique.
According to The Athletic’s Dianna Russini, there are monster extensions “on the table” for the Cincinnati Bengals’ Joe Burrow, the Kansas City Chiefs’ Chris Jones, the Minnesota Vikings’ Justin Jefferson, and the San Francisco 49ers’ Nick Bosa. Each of these players are field-tilters — genuine game-changers whose respective teams would miss dearly if they were to miss any time.
To date, it seems only Bosa and Jones may actually miss snaps, but this entire squad’s financial situation is worth monitoring:
We have football this week and there are 4 contract extensions on the table for players that are generational talents.
Joe Burrow, Nick Bosa, Chris Jones and Justin Jefferson.
These are all future Hall-of-Famers that could respectively sign record deals.— Dianna Russini (@DMRussini) September 5, 2023
As Week 1 of the 2023 NFL season looms, let’s quickly examine the respective dynamics in play for Burrow, Jones, Jefferson, and Bosa and whether they’ll sign on the dotted line before that first kickoff.