Over the Cap

[HarveyWallbangers]

Would be ok without p Smith if Gary can step it up a bit.
We need to draft solid dt and ilb. After that saftey or wr. Just my opinion on priorities. All that assumes gary gets better of course.

I'm not worried about S or ILB. I'd say DT, CB, and OT.

[gbgary]

effective cap space is the key. they're over the cap $5+m with only 39 players under contract. lots of cuts and salary theatrics coming. the bottom line is they'll be a weaker team next season. the single biggest thing they can do to be able to put the best possible team around Love is to move on from Rodgers after this season. it's only 5ish million next but it's $40m-ish in 2022. they can keep several more players from todays team by doing so. it's not like they'll be pushing for a SB next season or anything. so why not?

[Upnorth]

I'm not worried about S or ILB. I'd say DT, CB, and OT.

Sullivan is solid. Jaire is on an all pro trajectory. CB isn't the issue.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Sullivan is solid. Jaire is on an all pro trajectory. CB isn't the issue.

You need more than two good CBs. King is too injury prone to resign.

[run pMc]

You need more than two good CBs. King is too injury prone to resign.

Agree. You need at least 3 - too much 11 personnel, plus injuries happen.
They will give Jackson, Hollman and even guys like Samuels every chance to prove they belong and replace King. If that happens, Gute picks another Day 3 CB and GB develops them. If not, maybe they go CB earlier or sign a low end starter who's been cut on the cheap.

If the money is right they might bring King back, but I suspect he signs a 1 year prove it deal elsewhere. There will be a lot of 1 year deals signed; as the cap pops back up those players will count on a bigger payday.

[run pMc]

I'm not worried about S or ILB. I'd say DT, CB, and OT.

I'll bang the table for a WR, but they do need DT and OT help and those guys go early. They have Clark and a mostly cast of JAGs at DL, and if they cut Wagner they have no OT depth unless you think Njiman will be a viable player after 2 years.

They aren't great at S, but can get by there.

ILB is likely not a priority. Even if they cut Kirksey, they have 2 guys with Barnes and Martin they can roll out there and will look for more UDFAs as they always do.

I could see CB and OLB, especially if they cut Preston loose. And then there's RB if Jones is gone....ugh...Sorry, I didn't mean to turn this into a "draft needs" post.

[RashanGary]

Almost gonna have to cut Preston, kirksey and Wagner so you can extend Davante. Jones is almost certainly gone. King as well. Keeping Williams should be cheap.

Rodgers is gonna be a happy camper if he ends up with 69 and 17 for the remainder of his Packer career.

[RashanGary]

I looked through at the nfl receiving leaders. They all had their last really good years between the ages of 32 and 35 (other than rice)

Let’s say Adams is in the middle somewhere, even 33, a somewhat safe age considering he isn’t on the level of Moss and Owens and Fitzgerald.

He turns 29 this year in December. He turns 30 next year, our last year with him under contract. You can’t extend him 4 years and expect that to work out. Paying a 34 year old receiver top dollar, who probably isn’t HOF level and has had injury concerns is a little sketchy.



Maybe you go into the up coming draft with WR at the very top of your list of needs.

[Joemailman]

Almost gonna have to cut Preston, kirksey and Wagner so you can extend Davante. Jones is almost certainly gone. King as well. Keeping Williams should be cheap.

Rodgers is gonna be a happy camper if he ends up with 69 and 17 for the remainder of his Packer career.

They'll extend Davante next year so his cap hit will be low in 2022 when Rodgers' cap hit will be it's highest. Then Davante's cap hit will go up in 2023 as Rodgers' cap hit goes down.

[Zool]

Cap savings by cutting various players:

Aaron Rodgers - 4.8M
Z. Smith - 10.75M
Davante Adams - 13M
Preston Smith - 8M
Adrian Amos - 4.3M
Billy Turner - 3.55M
Dean Lowry - 3.3M
Ricky Wagner - 4.25M
Christian Kirksey - 6M
Josh Jackson - 1.3M
Oren Burks - 945T

Can we get a collection going to pay for the loss of Burks? I’d definitely contribute.