GREEN BAY, Wis. – With Aaron Rodgers announcing he’s back for Year 18 and Davante Adams retained with the franchise tag, the Green Bay Packers will attack the rest of the season as aggressively as possible given the constraints of the salary cap.
The Packers were about $26.4 million over the cap at the start of business on Tuesday, Tagging Adams added another $20.145 million to that total, pushing Green Bay’s overage to $45.8 million.
The idea behind keeping Rodgers and Adams is a simple one. After his team came up short in three consecutive postseasons, general manager Brian Gutekunst will reload every year until Rodgers retires and deal with the financial consequences as they come.