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<blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 664813"><p>With all due respect, 2017 will not be an ordinary year. Far from it. This is no "sign Cobb and Bulaga, draft a couple of cornerbacks, and we're good to go" scenario.</p><p></p><p>The Packers currently have 50 guys under contract for 2017 with a cap hit of $138.1 mil currently. 21 of those guys are this year's UDFA class, or maybe some of those unrecognizable names are practice squad holdovers, I couldn't say, that are listed in the following link at the 2nd. year minimum:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://overthecap.com/salary-cap/green-bay-packers/" target="_blank">http://overthecap.com/salary-cap/green-bay-packers/</a></p><p></p><p>Let's assume the cap goes from $155 to $160 mil. And lets say the Packers carry over $5 mil, which would assume a fairly low 2016 IR count (IR players and their replacements both count against the cap).</p><p></p><p>That means the Packers would have $27 mil to work with before the following subtractions that must be made before considering the 2017 free agents:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Subtract cap for 3 "just guys" to get to 53 for 2017 at around the rookie/2nd. year minimum ($1.5 mil).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Subtract cap for the 2017 practice squad ($1 mil)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Subtract cap for the this years top 3 picks' second year cap who are not yet accounted for in that list. Let's be conservative and use their rookie number of $2.5 mil over and above the minimum salary guys they replace, though it will be more than that.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Subtract cap for next year's top 3 picks over and above the minimum salary guys they replace (assume $2.5 mil like this year).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You always want to hold at least $3 mil in reserve for 2017 IR replacements.</li> </ul><p>We're now down to $16.5 mil available cap space to sign free agents. And that does not include some marginal vets/special team guys not normally included in these discussions or any free agent signed in the interim who would count above the rookie minimum.</p><p></p><p>These are the presumptive starters and key rotational guys not under contract for 2017:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Bakhtiari</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sitton</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lang</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">throw in one of their potential replacements in Tretter</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lacy</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Cook</li> </ul><p>That's about half of the offensive starting lineup. On to defense:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Peppers</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Perry</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Datone Jones</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">McCray</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Elliott (restricted)</li> </ul><p>Note those are all OLBs, leaving Matthews and the current rookie.</p><p></p><p>There's more:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Hyde</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Barrington</li> </ul><p>You have not seen anything like this is a long time, if ever.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardRightEdge, post: 664813"] With all due respect, 2017 will not be an ordinary year. Far from it. This is no "sign Cobb and Bulaga, draft a couple of cornerbacks, and we're good to go" scenario. The Packers currently have 50 guys under contract for 2017 with a cap hit of $138.1 mil currently. 21 of those guys are this year's UDFA class, or maybe some of those unrecognizable names are practice squad holdovers, I couldn't say, that are listed in the following link at the 2nd. year minimum: [URL]http://overthecap.com/salary-cap/green-bay-packers/[/URL] Let's assume the cap goes from $155 to $160 mil. And lets say the Packers carry over $5 mil, which would assume a fairly low 2016 IR count (IR players and their replacements both count against the cap). That means the Packers would have $27 mil to work with before the following subtractions that must be made before considering the 2017 free agents: [LIST] [*]Subtract cap for 3 "just guys" to get to 53 for 2017 at around the rookie/2nd. year minimum ($1.5 mil). [*]Subtract cap for the 2017 practice squad ($1 mil) [*]Subtract cap for the this years top 3 picks' second year cap who are not yet accounted for in that list. Let's be conservative and use their rookie number of $2.5 mil over and above the minimum salary guys they replace, though it will be more than that. [*]Subtract cap for next year's top 3 picks over and above the minimum salary guys they replace (assume $2.5 mil like this year). [*]You always want to hold at least $3 mil in reserve for 2017 IR replacements. [/LIST] We're now down to $16.5 mil available cap space to sign free agents. And that does not include some marginal vets/special team guys not normally included in these discussions or any free agent signed in the interim who would count above the rookie minimum. These are the presumptive starters and key rotational guys not under contract for 2017: [LIST] [*]Bakhtiari [*]Sitton [*]Lang [*]throw in one of their potential replacements in Tretter [*]Lacy [*]Cook [/LIST] That's about half of the offensive starting lineup. On to defense: [LIST] [*]Peppers [*]Perry [*]Datone Jones [*]McCray [*]Elliott (restricted) [/LIST] Note those are all OLBs, leaving Matthews and the current rookie. There's more: [LIST] [*]Hyde [*]Barrington [/LIST] You have not seen anything like this is a long time, if ever. [/QUOTE]
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