In 2021, the Green Bay Packers took some uncharacteristic steps to find their way to a tenable position with respect to the NFL’s salary cap. The dropping cap, which fell to a $182.5 million base value for the upcoming season, puts most teams in a tough position, but the Packers especially so.
General manager Brian Gutekunst and financial guru Russ Ball have been creative over the past few months, shifting cap space from the coming season into future years to free up enough space to first get under the cap for the offseason. With the need to maintain some additional flexibility to sign draft picks and other players during the 2021 season, the Packers will still need to free up additional space at some point in the coming months.