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Locked On NFL – Daily Podcast On The National Football League

2022 Salary Cap ceiling set, career scoring leader Adam Vinatieri retires, and the evolution of positional value discussions

Locked On NFL – Daily Podcast On The National Football League

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4.4685 Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The NFL and NFLPA set the salary cap ceiling for 2022 with an eye on stability. Jake and Ryan break down the implications for that cap ceiling, owners approval safety-driven low block rule changes, and we have a long conversation about how positional value is evolving, and what pendulum swings may ensue as the game evolves. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline AG There is only 1 place that has you covered and 1 place we trust. Betonline.ag! Sign up today for a free account at betonline.ag and use that promocode: LOCKEDON for your 50% welcome bonus. Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

You are Locked-on NFL.

0:04.8

Your daily NFL podcast.

0:08.2

Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network.

0:11.5

Your team every day.

0:19.7

Hello football fans and welcome to another episode of the Locked-on NFL podcast.

0:25.0

It's Thursday, which means you get Ryan Tracy and myself, Jake Liscoe, bringing you all of the latest.

0:32.1

All things NFL.

0:34.0

And the big news of the day, Ryan, is the salary cap ceiling has been set for 2022.

0:41.9

The NFLPA and NFL have come to an agreement.

0:45.5

We've also got some rule changes, a leading score, retiring, and a conversation about

0:51.4

positional value coming your way later on in the episode.

0:56.1

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reliably low prices, all the parts your car will ever need. Go to rock auto.com and let them

1:06.8

know that Locked On sent you. Ryan, let's get started with the salary cap number that Tom Pelliserra reports has

1:15.0

been set.

1:16.2

At least the ceiling has been set for 2022 at $208.2 million, a significant bounceback from

1:25.6

the $182.5 million figure unadjusted that teams are dealing with in 2021.

1:32.5

And they're still dealing with paying off some of that COVID quote unquote debt that they accrued with a low revenue season during the pandemic.

1:41.6

I think this is really positive in being able to set what the cap's going to be.

1:45.5

Everybody knows where it is now. This is very early to set that number in terms of an agreement

1:50.6

between the PA. And it lets you, like you said, dig out from what is the, I don't know if it's

1:56.1

paper debt or if it's actual debt. I know some of the players have been vocal in what they've had to deal with

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