As the NFL built their way to the start of a new-look training camp, the impact of players choosing to opt out of the season was inevitably going to have a significant impact on the power structure of the league. It is a tough personal decision for all the players, with each having their own unique considerations and concerns, but one they had to make.
Now, with 67 players choosing to opt out, the training camp rosters now appear to be finally set for a very different-looking NFL season. No team was greater impacted by opt-outs than the Patriots, who lost a league-high eight players.