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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 374277" data-attributes="member: 4300">Packer Update has a list of the 30 highest paid Packers for 2011 currently under contract. Barnett is listed fourth and they are paying Bishop and Hawk starter's money so it's difficult to see how they keep Nick. And because other teams know the Packers will probably have to release him, it will probably be difficult to find a trading partner. Also, any team interested in him would probably prefer crafting a new deal for him. Why pay him nearly $6M this season when they could add a million or two and lock him up for more years and make his contract more cap friendly? Although they say if the cap is $120M for this season the Packers are only about $62,000 under it, the good news is releasing or trading Barnett, plus releasing Tauscher (I hope he decides to retire instead), Poppinga, and Harrell would free up $12M. The article also highlights how well Thompson and his staff have managed the cap by taking advantage of last years' uncapped season.   According to the Packer Update list releasing Barnett would save almost $1.5M more than releasing Chillar and Poppinga. I favor trading/releasing Barnett and Poppinga because while Chillar would be slightly overpaid as a backup LB, Barnett would be grossly overpaid as a backup and I don't think his ego would handle not starting well.  Here's the <a href="http://packerupdate.net/?p=13822" target="_blank">link</a>.</blockquote>

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