The Houston Texans have changed the course of business being done in the NFL.The franchise signed second-round draft pick Jayden Higgins to a fully guaranteed, $11.7 million contract over four years.INSTAGRAM/@CHILL.J5Higgins will be counted on to make an immediate impact for Houston’s offense[/caption]To the general public, that may seem like a nothing burger.Team signs draft pick to a rookie contract, so what?The big deal is that Higgins just became the first player picked outside of the first round ever to ink a fully guaranteed contract in NFL history.The aftermath of such an unprecedented signing? Now every other second-round draft pick will be fighting for a fully-guaranteed contract. And why shouldn’t they be?A prominent NFL analyst summed it up perfectly.“The Texans’ contract with Jayden Higgins has completely disrupted signing prospects like nothing we’ve seen in the history of the sport,” Lance Zierlein wrote on X.“30 of 32 are still unsigned and we are coming up on actual camp.”The only other second round pick that is signed is the man who heard his name called right before Higgins, and that is Cleveland Browns linebacker Carson Schwesinger.He promptly signed a fully guaranteed contract of his own, a day after Higgins had signed his.What’s ironic in this case is that the Texans and Browns each have other second-round picks that remain unsigned in Aireontae Ersery and Quinshon Judkins.Schwesinger was the first pick of the second roundGETTYINSTAGRAM/@CHILL.J5Higgins, his agent and the Texans made an unprecedented deal[/caption]“We work alongside the players and their agents to help them secure the best deal possible,” an NFL Players Association spokesperson told the Wall Street Journal.“Our union is monitoring this situation closely.”Fully guaranteed contracts in the NFL are rare for any player, let alone second rounders. This makes Higgins’ signing such a landmark moment.Andrew Beaton of the WSJ outlined why this is such a seismic change that could change the way NFL owners and front offices conduct their business.“It’s consequential for two reasons,” Beaton wrote. “First, that is cash that a good chunk of players never wind up seeing. From 2011 to 2021, 87 of 349 (24.9%) second-round picks were cut prior to the end of their fourth season, according to Stats.”“Secondly, NFL dealmaking typically relies on past precedent in contract negotiations — and this class of players appears set on creating a new one.” NFL's Greatest......Ranking the top 10......Quarterbacks of all-time – Can anyone better Tom Brady?Wide receivers of all-time – Does Randy Moss or Jerry Rice come out on top?Running backs of all-time – Stacking Jim Brown, Barry Sanders, Walter Payton, Emmitt Smith and moreTight ends of all-time – How does Travis Kelce compare?Beaton pointed out the never-ending highest-paid quarterback carousel that seems to have a new leader in the clubhouse every time a star quarterback is due for a big deal.Player A signs a record-breaking extension, then a month later Player B comes along and breaks the record by half a million. Rinse and repeat.When the norms shift, so quickly do future negotiations for everyone.There are outliers, such as Deshaun Watson and Kirk Cousins, who signed fully guaranteed contracts with the Browns and Minnesota Vikings. Owners were worried that this would become the new norm, but so far it hasn’t.Will fully guaranteed second-round contracts be the new norm? That remains to be seen, but teams are already starting to feel the consequences of the Higgins contract.Rookies reported to training camp for the Los Angeles Chargers, but second-round wide receiver Tre Harris was nowhere to be found.He is in a holdout for a contract, presumably a fully-guaranteed one.Buckle up, this is only the beginning.