Aaron Rodgers wants to talk about his contract after hearing what Mike Glennon will make

The 2016 free-agent class started to change the market significantly. At every position, there was a new benchmark set by a player signing a surprising deal.

The 2017 class is going to blow away that market.

You’re going to spend the next week or so saying “I can’t believe how much they paid (fill-in-the-blank player).” Everyone is going to get paid a ton. Teams have plenty of salary cap space and there isn’t too much high-end talent to go around. Someone like Cincinnati Bengals guard Kevin Zeitler will probably get a deal we thought was “quarterback money” a few years ago.

The poster child is quarterback Mike Glennon. Everyone has spent all week freaking out about a report from our Charles Robinson that league insiders believed Glennon could get $14 million to $15 million in free agency. And you know who else took notice? Other NFL quarterbacks.

Glennon has 4,100 yards, 30 touchdowns and an 84.1 career passer rating. Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has 36,827 yards, 297 touchdowns and a 104.1 career rating, a couple MVPs and a Super Bowl ring. Rodgers makes about $22 million a year off a contract he signed in 2013. Rodgers was asked by Jason Wilde of ESPN Radio in Wisconsin if Glennon’s deal will lead to talks about his own contract.

“I think it has to,” Rodgers said.

Here’s what Rodgers had to say after:

Glennon’s deal won’t be the only one that causes players to call their agents. You’re about to see the market shift in a dramatic way. The salary cap keeps rising and many teams have a ton of cap room because just about every front office is smarter about managing the cap. What a player is “worth” isn’t a set formula, as many seem to think. It’s what the market bears. And with so much competition to come over top players, an eye-popping amount of money is going to be spent this offseason. You’ve been warned.

And with that, it’ll create a whole new set of headaches for front offices, from Pro Bowlers unhappy with their old contracts.

More NFL free agency coverage from Yahoo Sports:
• Ranking the most interesting teams to watch in free agency, from 32 to 1
• The top 20 available free agents
• A list of the the franchise-tagged players
• Some interesting possibilities at quarterback for a change
• An all-time great running back leads top skill-position players
• Top 25 defensive players, led by a mountain of a defensive end
• A couple of guards lead a thin offensive line group

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