In Liverpool on Tuesday night, the contract situations of Mohamed Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Virgil van Dijk will hang in the Anfield sky - but there will be one more high-profile soon-to-be-out-of-contract figure looking to impress.
With perennial supremacy in the NFL has historically come villainous portrayals. The New England Patriots experienced it, and now the Kansas City Chiefs are facing similar as football's most hunted sovereign.