Green Bay’s Salary Cap Woes: Part 1

For the next month and a half, much of the talk among Green Bay fans is likely to center on salary caps. Will the NFL keep the cap amount almost the same as in 2020, or will it be reduced slightly or drastically? How can the Packers manage to get their payroll below the limit? Will restructuring – or releases – of any existing contracts be sought? How do things like, bonuses, guaranteed salaries, “dead money,” and cap hits figure into the equation?

I quickly bagged an attempt to lay out some of the ground rules…