In his 44 years as an NFL agent, Leigh Steinberg has seen it all. He helped build up the salaries of quarterbacks in what has become a quarterback-driven league. Leigh joins us on Schooled with the Professor to assess where the NFL and players are in contract negotiations.

We get into plenty of big current topics: Are the holdouts and lack of progress in talks with Aaron Donald and Khalil Mack a tipoff that teams may be shying away from paying quarterback-like money to defensive players? We talk about the difficulty of teams trying to keep their top players. Leigh looks ahead to see what might happen in future negotiations for the collective bargaining agreement, and also gives a great history lesson in NFL contract negotiations.

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