Green Bay’s 2021 season is over, the front office is trying to figure out what the future will hold, and along the way one of the big tasks will be bringing the Packers salary cap situation into a manageable place. Gil and J.J. refresh you on what all of the words and phrases you’ll hear surrounding the conversation mean and break down how the team likes to structure or restructure contracts to manage cap space.
The big to-do items: solve Aaron Rodgers’ contract, decide on a plan for Davante Adams, and start freeing up money by cutting, trading, extending, or restructuring the other 13+ players with large enough contracts to affect the $50 million plus cap deficit.