With the resumption of any major American sport over a month away and the future of the 2020 NFL season in doubt, now is as good of a time as any to run some hypothetical exercises for the future.
The NFL will likely be a much different place in five years from what it is today. Some of the flag bearers who have been poster children for the league for well over a decade will likely retire sooner rather than later. As we’ve seen with players like Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Jackson and Deshaun Watson, the league is in good hands with marketable, young quarterbacks who will lead them into the 2020s and beyond.