A sign of improving health on the salary cap front for the Green Bay Packers: General manager Brian Gutekunst and executive vice president Russ Ball paid out roster bonuses to cornerback Jaire Alexander and left guard Elgton Jenkins, per Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Why are the payments significant to the salary cap? Converting roster bonuses into signings bonuses, a common lever pulled by the Packers and many other teams in recent years, is a useful way to create salary cap space in the present for team that need immediate operating room.