10 NFL Veterans Who Could Be Cut Before Week 1 (Is there a Packer on this list?)

[Guiness]

Not sure how guys like Janis and Geno Smith make this list like this...Smith lost his starting job 2 seasons ago and Janis was never a starter. Sure, they're veterans, but of the pretty fungible variety so they getting cut isn't making any front pages. Writer didn't exactly go out on a limb here!

[Fritz]

I see your point with Janis, but wasn't Vageno Smith a first round pick? That's pretty newsworthy since he's still a young guy.

[Carolina_Packer]

I see your point with Janis, but wasn't Vageno Smith a first round pick? That's pretty newsworthy since he's still a young guy.

He was pick number 39 in 2013, so early second round.

The more scarce the talent pool, the more interesting when a guy is cut or is available.

QB's will typically get most of the pub, but they also have far less position flexibility. If Janis gets cut, he is likely to get picked up because of his special teams skill. There could also be some teams that like his speed an quickness and might have some package of plays in mind for him to make him more of a weapon than the Packers are currently doing.

[woodbuck27]

Cobb will make $12.75M in 2018 ($3.25M cap hit if cut)
Matthews will make $11.4M in 2018 ($0 cap hit if cut).

I think you could see both of these guys gone in 2018 which would free up $20M. At the very least, the Packers should renegotiate their contracts.

They both will get one more season.