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<blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 659324"><p>As for the rest of the league, the cream at the top doesn't stay there very long with few exceptions, notably New England and Green Bay. Do you care if Green Bay becomes like the rest of the league? It would not be what you're accustomed to.</p><p></p><p>You need to look at the names involved. The 2017 free agent list is formidable, not Packer business as usual:</p><p></p><p>Sitton, Lang, Bakhtiari, Tretter, Lacy, Cook</p><p>Peppers, Perry, Jones, Hyde, Barrington (who may or may not matter)</p><p></p><p>As the Captain stated, the current cap commitment for 2017 is $127 mil for only 29 players.</p><p></p><p>Even if the other 24 roster positions were filled by minimum salary rookies brought in in 2016 and 2017, that will cost around $600,000 per player in 2017. That would bring the cap commitment up to $144 mil. That would bring the cap space down to $22 mil + what little carryover from 2016 may be left on the books.</p><p></p><p>In the mean time, the top 3 picks in 2016 will cost about $3.3 mil against the cap in 2017; the top 3 picks in 2017 about the same amount. Once you substitute those guys for minimum salary players you're down to around $18 mil in cap space + carryover. That might cover 2 of the starting O-Linemen and maybe a lesser player using signing bonus cap deferrals, keeping in mind s minimum $5 mil must be held back for practice squad players and IR replacements.</p><p></p><p>This year's draft needs to be outstanding to cover the losses. So too in 2017, but free agency will deplete the roster before you get there. Walking into the 2017 draft you will be looking at a lot of holes to fill. If the 2016 draft class is average, or heaven forbid of the quality of 2011 and 2012, there will be big problems.</p><p></p><p>Barring a high quality draft in 2016, some players with sizeable cap hits in 2017 will need to be renegotiated in order to keep more than those aforementioned 2 O-Linemen + one lesser player. That means some combination of Rodgers, Matthews, Cobb, Shields, Nelson, Daniels, Bulaga and Burnett. Those are the guys with $7 mil+ cap numbers in 2017. If that happens, it would imply those players are not living up to their contracts. In that case, you'll have more cap, but in the face of declining talent among core players.</p><p></p><p>Maybe Rodgers takes one for the team to secure one other quality player; maybe not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardRightEdge, post: 659324"] As for the rest of the league, the cream at the top doesn't stay there very long with few exceptions, notably New England and Green Bay. Do you care if Green Bay becomes like the rest of the league? It would not be what you're accustomed to. You need to look at the names involved. The 2017 free agent list is formidable, not Packer business as usual: Sitton, Lang, Bakhtiari, Tretter, Lacy, Cook Peppers, Perry, Jones, Hyde, Barrington (who may or may not matter) As the Captain stated, the current cap commitment for 2017 is $127 mil for only 29 players. Even if the other 24 roster positions were filled by minimum salary rookies brought in in 2016 and 2017, that will cost around $600,000 per player in 2017. That would bring the cap commitment up to $144 mil. That would bring the cap space down to $22 mil + what little carryover from 2016 may be left on the books. In the mean time, the top 3 picks in 2016 will cost about $3.3 mil against the cap in 2017; the top 3 picks in 2017 about the same amount. Once you substitute those guys for minimum salary players you're down to around $18 mil in cap space + carryover. That might cover 2 of the starting O-Linemen and maybe a lesser player using signing bonus cap deferrals, keeping in mind s minimum $5 mil must be held back for practice squad players and IR replacements. This year's draft needs to be outstanding to cover the losses. So too in 2017, but free agency will deplete the roster before you get there. Walking into the 2017 draft you will be looking at a lot of holes to fill. If the 2016 draft class is average, or heaven forbid of the quality of 2011 and 2012, there will be big problems. Barring a high quality draft in 2016, some players with sizeable cap hits in 2017 will need to be renegotiated in order to keep more than those aforementioned 2 O-Linemen + one lesser player. That means some combination of Rodgers, Matthews, Cobb, Shields, Nelson, Daniels, Bulaga and Burnett. Those are the guys with $7 mil+ cap numbers in 2017. If that happens, it would imply those players are not living up to their contracts. In that case, you'll have more cap, but in the face of declining talent among core players. Maybe Rodgers takes one for the team to secure one other quality player; maybe not. [/QUOTE]
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