The #Packers recently created about $8.3M in cap space by converting LT David Bakhtiari’s more than $11M roster bonus into a signing bonus and spreading it out over the length of the contract. He’ll make the same as before, but it gives GB some room to operate.
Let an offseason of major financial decisions commence for the Green Bay Packers.
According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, the Packers converted David Bakhtiari’s $11,447,000 roster bonus in 2021 into a signing bonus, creating around $8.3 million in immediate salary cap space.
By turning the roster bonus – a one-time payment due next month – into a signing bonus, the Packers can spread out the entire payment over the duration of the deal, prorating the salary cap charge across the next four seasons.