Official 2026 Free Agency/Offseason/Non-Draft Thread

[sharpe1027]

Jesters have 91M in “dead money” and they’re still almost 89M under the cap. Meanwhile, the Packers, with only 17M in dead money, are over the cap.

Those barking about dead cap and cap hell don’t know what they’re talking ‘bout.

Tell me you don't know what you're talking about without saying you don't know what you're talking about.

[pbmax]

Jesters have 91M in “dead money” and they’re still almost 89M under the cap. Meanwhile, the Packers, with only 17M in dead money, are over the cap.

Those barking about dead cap and cap hell don’t know what they’re talking ‘bout.

The Jets stink out loud. You can do a lot with dead cap money, cap space and terrible performance. Always lots of room to get worse, especially trading away big pieces of your defense mid-season.

Dead money eats your current spending amount. Taysom Hll and Michael Thomas will soon surpass Bobby Bonilla in money owned to them long into the future. If they haven't aleady.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Yawn

Is there a correlation between dead money and cap hell? If not, then, well, cook the cap.

[ThunderDan]

Jesters have 91M in “dead money” and they’re still almost 89M under the cap. Meanwhile, the Packers, with only 17M in dead money, are over the cap.

Those barking about dead cap and cap hell don’t know what they’re talking ‘bout.

Yawn

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Jesters have 91M in “dead money” and they’re still almost 89M under the cap. Meanwhile, the Packers, with only 17M in dead money, are over the cap.

Those barking about dead cap and cap hell don’t know what they’re talking ‘bout.

[ThunderDan]

I believe that Vikes cap figure is why they didn't resign Darnold, not because of his last 2 games that year. They were just never going to be able to afford him.

The Vikings aren't in as bad as a situation as it looks. They have a lot of contracts that they can kick down the road if they want. They can dump 5 players and get under the cap because they don't have lot of dead cap costs.

[SudsMcBucky]

I believe that Vikes cap figure is why they didn't resign Darnold, not because of his last 2 games that year. They were just never going to be able to afford him.

[Joemailman]

Vikings and Cowboys have some work to do. Teams must be under cap by March 11.

[sharpe1027]

Extreme ratings high or low are bad. If players are all happy, you're probably not doing your job.

[Joemailman]

The players survey is fascinating.

Packers making improvements to Training facilities this offseason. But our strength and training staff get poor relative marks.

And worse - the OC appears to be a jag given LaFluer as playcaller… and he dropped a lot.

He’ll have to rebuild the trust in the team and his process. Many fans were in favor of moving in a new direction and appears the players were as well.

But ratings don’t translate much to on field performance as evidenced by Dolphins, Vikings and Steelers. I’d guess it might start affecting Free Agent market though.

https://packerswire.usatoday.com/sto...20third%20team.

Gotta think there's a link between MLF's grade going down and Steno's poor grade. A lot of frustration on offense.

[Fosco33]

The players survey is fascinating.

Packers making improvements to Training facilities this offseason. But our strength and training staff get poor relative marks.

And worse - the OC appears to be a jag given LaFluer as playcaller… and he dropped a lot.

He’ll have to rebuild the trust in the team and his process. Many fans were in favor of moving in a new direction and appears the players were as well.

But ratings don’t translate much to on field performance as evidenced by Dolphins, Vikings and Steelers. I’d guess it might start affecting Free Agent market though.

https://packerswire.usatoday.com/sto...20third%20team.

[sharpe1027]

They should sign that Malik Willis guy. He's a baller at a critical position. Cap doesn't matter, do just pay the guy whatever he wants.

[Joemailman]

What has to happen for a FA to not count against comp picks? Is street free agent enough?

Kodison
@Kodison12

Annual reminder that released free agents don't count against the compensatory pick formula... I always note that when thinking about who GB may be more likely to target.

[texaspackerbacker]

So you don't think Center requires any specialized skills? And that Guard is more complex?

There are a couple bad snaps from Rhyan late in the season I think we need to review.

Rhyan was more effective than Jenkins run blocking on the interior. He was less effective pass blocking. Overall, it was a tick up for him at a new position.

That "tick up" is basically what I said. Was he less effective at pass blocking? I question that. Less effective maybe than Myers, but I don't think worse than Jenkins. As for the bad snaps, shit happens. I doubt it happened any more or less with Rhyan than most others playing Center.

[Joemailman]

Rob Demovsky
@RobDemovsky

The Packers grades from the NFLPA player survey: