GREEN BAY — Brian Gutekunst had a pretty good idea all along what he, salary-cap expert Russ Ball and the Green Bay Packers personnel department would be up against.
Now it’s official.
With the NFL having set the 2021 salary cap at $182.5 million on Wednesday — down $15.7 million from last year’s high-water mark of $198.2 million — and having decided against placing the franchise tag on Pro Bowl running back Aaron Jones, the Packers were sitting at roughly $9.7 million over the cap, according to OverTheCap.com. Another salary cap tracking site, Spotrac.