NFL players most likely to reset the market at their positions

In today’s NFL where money apparently grows on trees, these top talents seem destined to set the market at their respective positions.

Cash is king in the NFL. And the best players in the league get paid heaping piles of it to make big plays on Sundays, put butts in seats and clog our social media feeds. Every year, the exorbitant amounts of money shoveled into their bank accounts continue to swell.

Don’t expect that to change anytime soon. That’s why we constantly hear about players wanting to “set the market” for their respective positions. What that means is they want to be the highest-paid guy to do what he does on the gridiron. It’s not even about who is the best player anymore — it’s about who can coerce the most moolah out of upper management.

Seeing as it’s the cool thing to do these days, it just made sense to take a look at the latest wave of future market setters. We recently saw the quarterback position get a big boost when Russell Wilson inked a four-year, $140 million deal that will pay him an average of $35 million per year. Yikes. That’s a lot of dough for one player, but Seattle Seahawks fans can attest to his greatness.

Either way, that’s just the way the business works right now. Instead of being baffled about the gaudy figures, just read ahead and see who I believe are the players most likely to set the market at their positions in the near future.

There’s no guarantee these will all be right, but I never said I could tell the future.