GREEN BAY, Wis. – In terms of this year’s salary cap, the Green Bay Packers could have signed free-agent receiver Odell Beckham. After all, they started Thursday with more cap space than the Los Angeles Rams.
Here’s why the Packers couldn’t compete with the Rams. The one-year, $4.25 million contract included up to $3 million in incentives. If Beckham hits on all of those, that money would be added to the 2022 salary cap. Here’s why that’s a big deal.
According to OverTheCap.com, the Rams are about $62,000 over next year’s salary cap. That’s a molehill.