When Packer fans offer their list of veterans who need to be cut for the team to get under the 2021 salary cap, defensive lineman Dean Lowry seems to be at or near the top of everyone's list.
If you just go by the financial numbers, it makes sense. Releasing the sixth year former Northwestern star would save $3.3 million dollars off the cap immediately. Cutting him with a June 1 designation would save $4.8 million.
Lowry has two years remaining on a contract extension that averages just under $7 million per year. For a team that is scrambling to get far enough under the cap to pay its draft picks, extend Davante Adams, take a last shot at re-signing Aaron Jones or Corey Linsley, and be a bargain shopper in the free agent market, cutting Lowry seems like a no-brainer.