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NFL Players on the Verge of Huge Paydays

The NFL's salary cap has risen by 43 percent since 2013, which means that a lot of the players who either entered the league or signed their current contracts at or around that time are in for some rather wild raises based solely on cap inflation.

Throw in that the 14 players listed below have become (or have continued to perform like) superstars in recent years, and they're likely to break the bank with a little more force than many of their colleagues.

Here are seven offensive players and seven defensive players on the verge of mega paydays in the years, months, weeks, days, maybe even hours to come.