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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 802400">In the Mack woulda-shoulda-coulda equation, had the Packers signed him to the same contract as the Bears and cut Matthews to get the needed cap space, currently the Packers would be about $7 mil under the cap, current cap commitments for guys under contract for 2019 would be a whopping $175 mil for 42 players, and the Packers would have had to surrender their two 2019 first round picks plus additional considerations.It would have been a 2019-or-bust move.  Does anybody really think Mack for Matthews would have made this a championship caliber team?  I don't.  And the consequences of that failure would be little cap flexibility going foward while trying to stack drafts without the first round picks and other considerations.I don't believe Gutekunst's interest in making this deal got very far.  I sure hope not.By the way, consider Aaron Donald's contract, nearly as sizeable as Mack's.  He's a great player, having another great season once he shook off the rust from the holdout.  And yet the Rams can't keep opponents off the scoreboard.  They're in "just outscore 'em" mode anyway illustrating that one great player is not going to cure all that ails.</blockquote>

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