Mike Florio

A 50-50 revenue share eventually gets to a point where

management says why are we doing this and i think we're at that point and i think that becomes part of the leverage to get the players to agree to 18 regular season games and 16 international games that gets discussed by folks like robert kraft the patriots owner as a given and i think that sooner than later the nfl is going to reach out to the union now that it has a new executive director in jc treanor and the nfl is going to say here's our offer

Take it now or it's going to get worse.

If we have to lock you out in 2031, it's going to be a lot worse than it is right now.

This is our offer for 18 games starting in 2027.

I firmly believe they're holding out hope to start it in 2027.

And the clearest evidence of that, the Super Bowl to be played in Atlanta in February of 2028, Super Bowl 62, does not have a specific date.

Now, think of everything that you have to put in place for a Super Bowl to happen.

You've got to have a convention center for the week.

You've got to have thousands of hotel rooms reserved.

We are 22 months away from Super Bowl 62, and they still don't have a date for it.

They're leaving that window open in the hopes that they can convince the union to take this offer that I think is coming soon to go to 18 games, not this season, but next season.

When you see a team acquiring a veteran backup,

you have to wonder what they're going to do with the other backup on their depth chart.

I think that's a fair question.

And right now the Steelers and the Cardinals are the two teams that have the most obvious need at the top of the depth chart.

Some people think Jacoby Brissett is going to be the starter in Arizona.

I am not sold on that.

I think they're still looking, but it's a hell of a projection.

You know, we used to see career backups end up somewhere else as a starter and