GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Green Bay Packers, led by general manager Brian Gutekunst, have some work to do to get beneath the salary cap by March 17.
The NFL recently announced the salary cap would be no less than $180 million for the upcoming season. The Packers are about $12 million over that figure.
There are two extremes. At one end, Gutekunst could do what’s necessary to get far enough below the cap to sign the draft class and handle whatever in-season roster moves need to be made. Or, on the other end, he could be bold and work out radical contract renegotiations with Aaron Rodgers, Davante Adams and Za’Darius Smith to get to about $20 million under the cap.