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Message: <blockquote data-quote="adambr2" data-source="post: 710704" data-attributes="member: 7277">I am not convinced that we will do anything outside the norm to improve this roster, and therefore we will likely need a lot of luck and an MVP type season from Rodgers to have a shot at the ultimate goal.41M sounds like we're flush with cap room,  but we're really not.  If we have intentions of re-signing Lang, Hyde, Cook, Lacy, and Perry, that'll likely chew up 25M of it.  By the time we tag an RFA or two and sign our draft picks, we're already getting close to the 5-10M limit that Thompson usually likes to carry over.  There might be room to squeeze in a 2nd or 3rd week mid tier free agent or two, but nothing significant. There's creative ways that Thompson could free up some space,  such as approaching guys that are highly overpaid and ripe for cuts or restructures, like Matthews or Cobb.   He could convert some of Rodgers' 2017 salary to bonus money to free up some space, a common tactic.  But he rarely goes these routes and I doubt he will now. I certainly hope I'm wrong.   This team is desperate for some playmaking defensive upgrades.  But this has been the same GM for 12 years now and there's no good reason to think this will be the year he changes his stripes.</blockquote>

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