We don't know exactly how the new 17-game NFL season will impact players, but it's easy to make a few assumptions. I laid a few of those out when I wrote in April about the league's new schedule. We'll expect to see more parity and more injuries, both products of adding a 17th game against similarly successful competition. Those seem pretty straightforward.
I want to focus on the third element I mentioned back in April: setting records. Seventeen is more than 16, and that extra game is going to make it easier for players to get the numbers they need to breaking records.