The Green Bay Packers released veteran linebacker Christian Kirksey and offensive tackle Rick Wagner on Friday, clearing almost $9 million off the team’s salary cap.
By turning Kirksey and Wagner into cap casualties and converting David Bakhtiari’s roster bonus into a signing bonus, the Packers have freed up around $17 million, inching closer to getting under the salary cap for 2021, which won’t fall lower than $180 million.
General manager Brian Gutekunst still needs to clear around $12 million more to get safely under the cap before the start of the new league year next month.