After nine years of finally wrapping your head around the 2011 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), the owners and the players up and agreed on a new 456 page document. For most fans, they do not care about the CBA or what is in it as long as there is no work stoppage because of labor strife for the next 11 years. For outliers who enjoy lawyer jargon and diving deep into the depths which makes the NFL fun, the new CBA has been a treasure trove of newfound goodies.
Proven Performance Escalators (PPE) are designed to give an increase in salary to drafted players who are deemed to have outperformed their draft position.