Official Free Agency/Offseason/Non-Draft Thread

[Joemailman]

Happy after Day 1 of the draft ? HMMMM....you are right.

Hypothetically, if we traded out of round 1 and picked up an extra pick, we might be happy ??

Might depend on who was available. Last time Packers traded out of Round 1 didn't they pass on some pass rusher and draft some cornerback in the 2nd round?

[Fritz]

Be funny if the Packers announced this afternoon that they'd signed a free agent cornerback or a defensive lineman. Shake up everybody's last minute mocks.

[Upnorth]

Lol that was a big whoosh on my part.

Looking forward to tomorrow. I think we will all be happy

This did not age well....

[Guiness]

This did not age well....

Mmm-hmm it did not. r/agedlikemilk worthy

[Joemailman]

Packers have restructured Dean Lowry's contract.

Field Yates
@FieldYates
The Packers restructured the contract of starting DL Dean Lowry, converting $3.11M of his $4.1M salary into a signing bonus, per source.

This creates $2.488M in cap space for Green Bay to make use of as needed for 2021.

https://packerswire.usatoday.com/202...wrys-contract/

Lowry, who is under contract through 2022, was scheduled to receive a base salary of $4.1 million in 2021. Turning a significant chunk of the base salary into a signing bonus lowers his cap hit this year but bumps the hit in 2022 and creates a bigger dead money hit if the Packers want to move on.

It appears the Packers added void years to the end of the deal to spread out the new prorated signing bonus, creating bigger savings this year.

The restructure guarantees Lowry, a 51-game starter for the Packers over the last five years, will be on the roster in 2021.

[Upnorth]

Ahh yes. The final puece of the beautiful offseason mystery. With lower its sb or bust

[Joemailman]

NFL and NFLPA have agreed on 208.2 million salary cap for 2022. Packers currently have contract obligations 0f 237.3 million, which is the highest in the NFL.

Packers top 2022 cap hits:

Rodgers: 39.8M
Z. Smith 28.1M
Bakhtiari 22.7M
Clark 20.6M
P. Smith 19.7M
Alexander 13.2M

[RashanGary]

Mason Crosby is 20th all time in points scored in the entire NFL. He’s a few away from overtaking Longwell for 19th and could finish his career close to top 5 if he keeps playing 3 more years.

[Bretsky]

Mason Crosby is 20th all time in points scored in the entire NFL. He’s a few away from overtaking Longwell for 19th and could finish his career close to top 5 if he keeps playing 3 more years.

That's a train I'd like to ride another 5 years. MONEY Crosby. As long as he has that accuracy keep him around.

It seemed like Jan Stenerud kicked til he was 45. What age did he retire ?


RODGERS AND CROSBY............FIVE MORE YEARS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Fritz]

NFL and NFLPA have agreed on 208.2 million salary cap for 2022. Packers currently have contract obligations 0f 237.3 million, which is the highest in the NFL.

Packers top 2022 cap hits:

Rodgers: 39.8M
Z. Smith 28.1M
Bakhtiari 22.7M
Clark 20.6M
P. Smith 19.7M
Alexander 13.2M

For all the Packerrats who for years bitched and moaned about the Packers not trying to win now and use all their resources, well, here you are. Gutekunst took Thompson's offensive base (Bakhtieri, Davante Adams, Aaron Jones, Aaron Rodgers, Robert Tonyan, Jamaal Williams, Corey Linsely) plus Kenny Clark, and built on it by spending like a drunken sailor (the Smith boys, primarily, plus Adrian Amos) and adding his own draft pieces (I'm not super impressed so far except for Jaire Alexander). He went all-in, and well, we have two NFC Championship games in a row. For many of those same Rats, that's not good enough.

I don't really like the financial landscape of the future. Gutes is pushing off a lot of salary cap into the future in hopes he gets a SB now, but he forgot to make his superstar QB feel included in the meantime, and it might all blow up.

[RashanGary]

For all the Packerrats who for years bitched and moaned about the Packers not trying to win now and use all their resources, well, here you are. Gutekunst took Thompson's offensive base (Bakhtieri, Davante Adams, Aaron Jones, Aaron Rodgers, Robert Tonyan, Jamaal Williams, Corey Linsely) plus Kenny Clark, and built on it by spending like a drunken sailor (the Smith boys, primarily, plus Adrian Amos) and adding his own draft pieces (I'm not super impressed so far except for Jaire Alexander). He went all-in, and well, we have two NFC Championship games in a row. For many of those same Rats, that's not good enough.

I don't really like the financial landscape of the future. Gutes is pushing off a lot of salary cap into the future in hopes he gets a SB now, but he forgot to make his superstar QB feel included in the meantime, and it might all blow up.

Yep. It might blow up. I still think 12 will come back. He’s pissed and showing them that if they’re not all in with him, why should he return the favor. At the end of the day though, he should be back and he’ll blend in just fine with the lockerroom. I just hope the broken offseason doesn’t set us back. Brady went to a new team and new offense and found a way. There is some hope that our offense can pick up where it left off.

[texaspackerbacker]

The cap was $188 million in 2019 and $198 in 2020 before dropping to $182 last season. For the 6 years up to 2020, it rose $66 million - about 11 million a season. If not for the mess last year, you can project that it would have been at least $209 in 2021 and $220 in 2022. Putting it at $231 or more for 2023 would finally get things back on track. Thus, another round of restructuring, not to mention the fact that Rodgers' contract hasn't even been restructured yet this year, should easily keep things under control.

I looked up the penalty for violating the cap: a $5 million fine for each year you are over. They also in an extreme case could take away draft picks or in an even more extreme case, void contracts. So it's not that huge a deal in the unlikely event the Packers did exceed the cap.

[Upnorth]

The 2022 cap might be the biggest reason to trade 12 on June 2nd. If love is above average we have a good team. We get a couple 1sts and a rising dl and ilb and we are set for a few years. If love is not then we need to keep 12.

[texaspackerbacker]

As I said many times, it shouldn't be either or. If Love is "above average", yeah, keep him. He will still be good in 4 or 5 years. No way, though, he will be anywhere close to Rodgers level although if he does have a "special arm" and can eventually develop a Rodgers mindset, then he could be pretty excellent by then.

[Joemailman]

Julio Jones traded to Titans. Reportedly for a 2022 2nd round pick and a 2023 4th round pick.