jakecronus8 wrote:RRyder823 wrote:zmanishere11 wrote:Messed around with some cap numbers for next year. If you take all our highest paid players roster bonuses, turn them into signing bonuses you can free up about 18 mil. Trade Savage for anything, probably cut Lowry (have to let Wyatt play next year) gets you to about 22 mil of cap space before draft picks. Might be able to keep Tonyan with that. Leaves the offense in decent shape but no safeties, thing on d-line, and an extension needed for Gary (all fixable).
If Rodgers retires it frees up another 16 mil. If he doesn't there will be a big decision on Love to make.
Not as dire as I expected. Pushing everything out makes a lot of sense with the cap increasing like it is.
Total Available Cap:
$232,809,749
Total Team Cap $:
$210,976,927
Cap Space:
$21,832,822
Total Savings:
$19,057,514
TRANSACTIONS LOG (HIDE)
David Bakhtiari cap hit changed from $29,065,514 to $24,000,000
(Saved: $5,065,514)
Kenny Clark cap hit changed from $23,973,000 to $22,723,000
(Saved: $1,250,000)
Aaron Jones cap hit changed from $20,020,000 to $16,300,000
(Saved: $3,720,000)
Jaire Alexander cap hit changed from $20,000,000 to $11,000,000
(Saved: $9,000,000)
Released Adrian Amos
(Saved: $0)
Traded Darnell Savage (GB) for Jaylon Jones (CHI)
(Saved: $7,031,000)
Released Dean Lowry
(Saved: $2,991,000)
Elgton Jenkins cap hit changed from $0 to $10,000,000
(Saved: $-10,000,000)
The bolded isn't true at all
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Correct. Rodgers retiring is the absolute worst case scenario for the Packers’ cap.
Ingalls broke it down that there’s a small window in the offseason where they can trade Rodgers and the dead cap number drops significantly. I’m guessing this is a way that Rodgers built it in to the deal so if they decide to move on he controls his destination. Feels like that’s where this is headed.
If Rodgers retires he can easily renegotiate his contract to spread the cap hit over multiple years, guaranteeing more money. It would suck for the future, but it would be the only way to survive the next couple of years without gutting the entire roster.
I don't think he retires though.