While Ted Thompson's approach to free agency and player acquisition draws some criticism - especially in light of the Denver Broncos' Super Bowl win, featuring a roster with several big free agent signees - let us look around the league today and put him into perspective.
As a handful of teams around the NFL are beginning to cut players for salary cap reasons, the Green Bay Packers are able to sit comfortably this week with around $20 million in cap space. If they indeed choose not to cut any veteran players, the Packers will hold just $700,000 in dead money charges as they go into the offseason, a far cry from the Atlanta Falcons' $15 milliion or the $22 million in dead money that the New Orleans Saints currently have on the books for 2016.