When quarterback Aaron Rodgers returned to the Green Bay Packers in the summer of 2021, one of the conditions he had negotiated upon his return was that the team traded for his former teammate and good friend receiver Randall Cobb. In exchange for a sixth-round pick, the Packers acquired his bloated contract that they negotiated down in 2021 — with the help of a restructure — but would still need adjusting if they were to keep him in 2022.
By Wednesday, the Packers officially needed to be under the league’s salary cap for 2022, meaning that they needed to make some late moves to get there.