Gurley suggests players should use CBA lockout to get guaranteed deals

Fresh off his second-place finish in MVP voting last season, Todd Gurley is one of the NFL's young superstars looking to break the bank in the foreseeable future.

But Gurley isn't simply focusing on his own payday; the Los Angeles Rams running back wants all players to have secure financial futures through guaranteed contracts.

Asked by TMZ Sports about how players can force the league to hand over such deals, Gurley succinctly said, "Lockout in a couple of years," referring to the next collective bargaining agreement negotiations, which are set to take place after 2021.

A lockout appears to be a serious possibility. NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith warned players to begin preparing for a strike after the current deal runs out, calling a lockout a "virtual certainty."

The NFL is the only league among the U.S.'s major four sports that doesn't give out fully guaranteed deals to the vast majority of its players. Kirk Cousins earned the first in NFL history in free agency this offseason, signing a three-year, $84-million contract with the Minnesota Vikings.