Green Bay Packers president Mark Murphy mentioned four different factors that influenced or impacted the team’s decision to trade cornerback Rasul Douglas to the Buffalo Bills at the trade deadline on Tuesday.
So, what opened the door to a deal? The offer from the Bills, the impact on the 2024 salary cap, an improved situation for Douglas and the opportunity for rookie Carrington Valentine.
Here’s what Murphy wrote in his monthly post at Packers.com:
Rasul has played well for us, and we weren’t looking to trade him, but Buffalo’s offer was too good to pass up and it frees up a substantial amount of cap space for next year.