How the Packers Can Free Up $90 Million In Cap Space Without Cutting Anybody

nerdmann
Premier Member Topic Starter

3 years ago

I don't like the idea of mortgaging the future. Especially for a guy who made such a big deal about "one last run," and then took a shit.

The Packers have flexibility because they have the sixth-most cap space in 2023, $118.1 million. Only the Las Vegas Raiders, Pittsburgh Steelers, Arizona Cardinals, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Houston Texans have more.

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wpr
Preferred Member

3 years ago

I don't like the idea of mortgaging the future. Especially for a guy who made such a big deal about "one last run," and then took a shit.

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Originally Posted by: nerdmann

OMG!

NO!!!!

Cheesey
Preferred Member

3 years ago

It's just spit balling. I'm sure the Packers already have a couple of different ideas of what they are going do, depending on what each player is willing to do.

beast
Select Member

3 years ago

Normally I'd be totally and completely against this, but 2023 is supposed to have a mega boost in cap due to new mega TV deals starting.

So potentially this could be a perfect year to lock guys into long term contracts as they're going to get a heck of a lot more expensive in the coming years, and what look like ridiculous deals might look average in the future, and what looks high now might look like a good deal.

Of course, you can't keep everyone, so we might be losing some, say maybe ILB Campbell, but the Rams have always let their
stud ILBers leave in this scheme, and they go elsewhere and don't live up to the contract, while Rams easily replace a the ILB with a mid round draft pick.

As ILB Campbell said, what is different about his play this year vs other years is that this scheme.jist asks him to be an ILB, while a lot of other schemes have expanded roles for ILBers, asking them to more in say coverage or other things.

Martha Careful
Member

3 years ago

The article is thought provoking, thanks for posting.

Some critiques:
• I not sure I would re-sign Kevin King and instead do something with Douglas
• No way are they going to pay for Z Smith and shouldn’t
• I would probably cut Turner loose unless he is view as the answer at RT (he isn’t)
• No way are they going to keep Crosby
• They need to try to keep De’Vondre Campbell

Go Packers!!!!

Zero2Cool
Elite Member

3 years ago

Kind of a random thought, but between Za'Darius Smith and David Bakhtiari that was almost $50 million against the cap for barely a full game this season, right?

beast
Select Member

3 years ago

Kind of a random thought, but between Za'Darius Smith and David Bakhtiari that was almost $50 million against the cap for barely a full game this season, right?

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool

Yeah, the future could change this, but resigning Bakhtiari to that mega deal seems like a mistake so far.

Cheesey
Preferred Member

3 years ago

Yeah, the future could change this, but resigning Bakhtiari to that mega deal seems like a mistake so far.

Originally Posted by: beast

That's the problem. If we only knew he was going to get injured, they wouldn't have given him the huge contract. Unfortunately, no one knew was going to happen. Now, no one knows if he ever will be what he was preinjury.

beast
Select Member

3 years ago

Originally Posted by: Cheesey

True, but some also suggested that teams shouldn't agree to contracts during the season for that very reason.

nerdmann
Premier Member Topic Starter

3 years ago

#10

Originally Posted by: Cheesey

Back injury might bring him in at a discount. Maybe give him an extension with the money we already owe him, spread over a year or two, plus a little extra.

“Winning is not a sometime thing, it is an all the time thing. You don't do things right once in a while…you do them right all the time.”

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