GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Smith Bros. not only sack the quarterback but they’ve helped the Green Bay Packers sack their salary-cap problems.
A few days after Preston Smith’s restructured contract contributed $7.25 million of cap savings, Za’Darius Smith agreed to a restructured contract of his own to create $7.38 million of cap space ahead of the start of the league-year at 3 p.m. Wednesday.
Together, they shaved almost $14.6 million off what had been a combined cap hit of $38 million. Combined with recent and lesser restructures for right tackle Billy Turner and safety Adrian Amos, the team should be close to the NFL's $182.