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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 771238">Well, though the following has some inaccuracies, each one of the valid IR boxes cost about an addition $30,000 in cap space if the replacement is paid at the first year minimum, PS promotion or otherwise:<a href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/gnb/2017_injuries.htm" target="_blank">https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/gnb/2017_injuries.htm</a>Though Ahmad Brooks' late signing was more a reaction to the disappointing camp/preseason of the OLB bench, at a cost of $3.5 mil, one could easily see a similar signing if somebody of note ends up on PUP or IR sometime between now and the start of the season.  It's not as though there's much in the way of quality depth to start with.I don't know what the Packers will have to spend or want to spend on injury replacements any more than I can accurately predict what kinds of medical bills I might incur this year, but in either case one would want to have insurnace.Insurance can take another form besides having a cap cushion in place.  It can be having potential cap savings in certain players one would consider expendable in a pinch or replaceable with a draft pick.  If Matthews and Cobb are going to stick around for the year, which appears to be the case, the leading candidate would Bulaga.  After that, you get down to Ryan, Kendricks and Rollins in the $1 - $2 mil range.</blockquote>

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