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<blockquote data-quote="Sunshinepacker" data-source="post: 878752" data-attributes="member: 9033"><p>Martinez has been a good player for the Packers while he was here; however, his problem was that he would be very good in some areas and very weak others. He didn't get hurt much and was a constant on the defense, so there's value in that. The main issue is that the Packers' salary cap structure doesn't allow the team to really pay the going rate for an average ILB. The team is paying about 78% of its 2020 cap space on their top 19 players (I just scrolled down 2020 cap figure until I hit Marcedes Lewis), that doesn't leave much room to spend on an extra $6m on an ILB.</p><p></p><p>And the salary structure is the way it is because the Packers had to overpay to compensate for TT's awful last few drafts. The top 19 players for the Saints, another pretty good team, account for 64% of the 2020 salary cap. The primary difference is that the only guy the Saints are paying over 5% of the cap on is Brees while the Packers are paying Rodgers, both Smiths, Adams, Bak, and Linsley over 5%. Now, Michael Thomas will go up to a little more than what Adams costs in 2021, but the Saints have been able to re-sign guys they drafted to cheaper deals than the Packers have had to pay to go out and get both Smiths, Amos, and Turner; not much cheaper, but it adds up over an entire roster. That means the team needs to sacrifice elsewhere; this year that was ILB and next year it will probably end up being ILB and CB.</p><p></p><p>It takes time to recover from so many misses on defense in the draft and the decisions to let Hyde and Hayward walk are also not helping very much since the team is still playing catch up at those spots (Hayward is currently costing a little more than Linsley against the cap and Hyde costs about $1.5m less than Billy Turner ($3m less than Amos). Luckily, the team appears to have made good signings in the Smiths and Amos; the offense just needs to be elite enough to force other teams to pass because this team is going to take a while to become one of the better defenses in the NFL.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sunshinepacker, post: 878752, member: 9033"] Martinez has been a good player for the Packers while he was here; however, his problem was that he would be very good in some areas and very weak others. He didn't get hurt much and was a constant on the defense, so there's value in that. The main issue is that the Packers' salary cap structure doesn't allow the team to really pay the going rate for an average ILB. The team is paying about 78% of its 2020 cap space on their top 19 players (I just scrolled down 2020 cap figure until I hit Marcedes Lewis), that doesn't leave much room to spend on an extra $6m on an ILB. And the salary structure is the way it is because the Packers had to overpay to compensate for TT's awful last few drafts. The top 19 players for the Saints, another pretty good team, account for 64% of the 2020 salary cap. The primary difference is that the only guy the Saints are paying over 5% of the cap on is Brees while the Packers are paying Rodgers, both Smiths, Adams, Bak, and Linsley over 5%. Now, Michael Thomas will go up to a little more than what Adams costs in 2021, but the Saints have been able to re-sign guys they drafted to cheaper deals than the Packers have had to pay to go out and get both Smiths, Amos, and Turner; not much cheaper, but it adds up over an entire roster. That means the team needs to sacrifice elsewhere; this year that was ILB and next year it will probably end up being ILB and CB. It takes time to recover from so many misses on defense in the draft and the decisions to let Hyde and Hayward walk are also not helping very much since the team is still playing catch up at those spots (Hayward is currently costing a little more than Linsley against the cap and Hyde costs about $1.5m less than Billy Turner ($3m less than Amos). Luckily, the team appears to have made good signings in the Smiths and Amos; the offense just needs to be elite enough to force other teams to pass because this team is going to take a while to become one of the better defenses in the NFL. [/QUOTE]
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