After a flurry of moves on Monday, the Green Bay Packers are much closer to getting under the 2022 salary cap than they were a few hours ago. Brian Gutekunst and Russ Ball entered Monday about $44 million over the cap for the upcoming season, with the NFL’s deadline to be compliant fast approaching at 4:00 PM Eastern on Wednesday.
By Monday afternoon, Gutekunst and Ball sliced that number in half, doing so with a pair of releases, a big contract extension, and a surprising but exciting re-signing of a critical player who earned All-Pro honors in 2021.