Green Bay Packers, David Bakhtiari (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)
The Green Bay Packers need to make some moves to get under the salary cap, and the process is underway.
According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, the Packers have created around $8.3 million in cap space by restructuring David Bakhtiari’s deal. Rapoport noted that the team has converted more than $11 million of roster bonus into signing bonus.
This changes nothing for Bakhtiari who will earn the same, but it allows the Packers to push some of the cap hits into future years and save them from the problem in the short term.