The NFL's 2022 league year – and free agency – commences March 16, a date which once loomed as the meaningful kickoff to the offseason.
Then March 8 happened ... and everything changed.
First, diplomacy worked for QB Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers – here's hoping the rest of the world can learn from this, albeit comparatively trivial, example – the parties reaching a long-awaited, long-term accord.