By Logan Staska

Cincinnati Bengals loss to the Los Angeles Rams in the Super Bowl ended the 2021-2022 NFL (National Football League) season. Ever since then, one of the wildest off-seasons was launched which will cause the NFL’s 2022 season to look more different than it has before.

One way the NFL was going to look different was with Tom Brady’s retirement.

Tom Brady has played 22 seasons, winning six Super Bowl’s with the New England Patriots and one with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Many NFL fans pondered on when his retirement would be. But on February 1st, he announced that he was stepping away from the field.

The league was going to look very different since he’s been in it for the past two decades, until he announced his return to the NFL after a one-month retirement.

Tom Brady will be coming back to Tampa Bay to play his 23rd season.

Another quarterback that was in the news was Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers. Many thought that Aaron Rodgers wasn’t going to be in Green Bay after last year.

Throughout the season he gave clues on wanting to leave Green Bay to play at another team.

The two teams that showed a lot of interest in him were the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Denver Broncos.

However, Aaron Rodgers resigned to the packers for 50 million a year for four years. Many fans were shocked and Packer fans were ecstatic.

But with this signing of Aaron Rodgers, the packers where not able to keep, arguably the best wide receiver in the league, Devante Adams.

Devante Adams signed to the Las Vegas Raiders being reunited with his old college quarterback Derek Carr.

With the Packers resigning a top two quarterback, that left him with nothing much to support him.

Along with Devante Adams leaving Green Bay, one of the top defensive players on the packers, Za’Darius Smith, left the packers to go to the Minnesota Vikings.

It is going to be interesting to see how the Packers are going to be. They could be either one of the best teams or be stuck on the bottom.

With neither the Broncos nor Pittsburgh Steelers being able to land Aaron Rodgers, they both got a new quarterback to lead the team.

Denver Broncos landed on one of the best quarterback options with the signing of Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russel Wilson.

Russel Wilson brought the Seahawks to two Super Bowls winning one and losing one.

With the retirement of Ben Roethlisberger who was the Pittsburgh Steelers starting quarterback for the last 18 seasons, they landed on Buffalo Bills back up quarterback Mitch Trubisky.

Trubisky was the Chicago Bears starting quarterback before being demoted to a backup behind Josh Allen.

Buffalo Bills however also picked up two-time Super Bowl winning linebacker Von Miller.

Von Miller won his first ring with the Denver Broncos and won his second ring with the Los Angeles Rams the previous year.

The Bills already had a dangerous offense and defense but picking up one of the best linebackers in history will only make them more frightening.

Another linebacker to switch teams was Khali Mack, linebacker for the Chicago Bears. During this years off season Khali Mack went to the Los Angeles Chargers.

The Chargers have a dangerous offense being led by Justin Herbert. And now the chargers might have one of the better defenses in the league.

The Chargers also acquired cornerback J.C Jackson to their roster from the New England Patriots, making their defense a top-notch defense.

Bobby Wagener is another linebacker to leave their team. Bobby Wagener left the Seattle Seahawks to go to the previous Super Bowl winners the Los Angeles Rams.

The Rams now have the number one defensive linemen, linebacker, and corner in the league.

Another Bears player to leave was wide receiver Allen Robinson going to the Los Angeles Rams.

Another major trade to take place was Tyreek Hill leaving Kanas City to go to Miami.

Tyreek Hill is the fastest wide receiver in the NFL and was a major weapon on the field for number one quarterback Patrick Mahomes.

With this trade, the Miami Dolphins now have the fastest wide receiver core with having Jaylen Waddle and now Tyreek Hill.

Miami Dolphins traded Devante Parker to the New England Patriots and the Kansas City Chiefs picked up Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster.

The Cleveland Browns signed Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson. Watson dealt with legal trouble during last season, and we couldn’t see one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL play.

However, Watson beat his case and got off not guilty and will continue his career with the Cleveland Browns.

With this pick up, Baker Mayfield who was the starting quarterback for the Browns, was kicked to the curb and is now on the search for a new team.

Going with Deshaun Watson to the Cleveland Browns is Dallas Cowboys star wide receiver Amari Cooper.

The Jacksonville Jaguars should look way better then they did last year. They had the first overall pick where they picked star college quarterback Trevor Lawrence.

To help Lawrence they picked up Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Christian Kirk after giving wide receiver DJ Chark to the Detroit Lions.

Not only will this move help the jaguars, but another first overall pick in this year’s draft will help the Jags.

Some other major moves this year includes Carson Wentz going to the Washington Commanders and longtime Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan leaving to take place of Wentz in Indianapolis as the new starting quarterback for the Colts.

College star quarterback Marcus Mariota will cover for Ryan’s absence in Atlanta.

With all these new changes to the NFL, next years league may be one of the most exciting seasons to watch. And who knows what changes could be made in the rest of the NFL’s offseason.