Packers 2016 Offseason

[pbmax]

Trevor Davis speedy, first to sign contract. http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packe...378359301.html

Packer Report ‏@PackerReport 10h10 hours ago
After signing rookies, GB will have $5.3M cap space. With 3/5 of OL, 2013 draft class entering FA, isn't it obvious why TT stays out of FA?

Maybe not says Spoon as JSO (link above):

Although the Packers' rookie pool is more than $5 million, it doesn't mean that their team salary cap will be cut by that much. The Packers were $10.65 million under the cap heading into the draft, and their picks will only cost them about $1.7 million of that total.

Only the top 51 salary cap figures for 2016 count during the off-season, so even though seven draft pick salaries will be added to the payroll, only five of them are expected to qualify as the top 51 and they will replace players with cap numbers of $525,000.

Thus, the Packers' team cap will only drop to about $9 million when all the picks are signed.

[Patler]

Trevor Davis speedy, first to sign contract. http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packe...378359301.html

Packer Report ‏@PackerReport 10h10 hours ago
After signing rookies, GB will have $5.3M cap space. With 3/5 of OL, 2013 draft class entering FA, isn't it obvious why TT stays out of FA?

Maybe not says Spoon as JSO (link above):

Yes and no, because until they actually sign all of the draftees, they have to include their rookie pool amount in their salary cap calculation. That's one of the reasons teams that are close to their salary cap limit work hard to get the rookies signed quickly, it frees up salary cap space for them.