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Message: <blockquote data-quote="adambr2" data-source="post: 547223" data-attributes="member: 7277">Yes, but part of the reason is some of the guys who we are paying.Tramon's cap hit is $9.5M this year.  AJ Hawk is $5.1M.  Morgan Burnett is $4.84M.  Brad Jones is $3.925M.  Derek Sherrod is $2.1M, and Jarrett Bush is $2.033M.  When you're dedicating almost $30M of your payroll to a hot and cold corner, two mediocre ILB's, one of the worst safeties in the NFL in 2013, an offensive lineman who has barely played in 3 years, and a special teams player, you're not going to have much flexibility.  I'm all about keeping our own guys, if they're worth keeping.  We don't have enough "value" players on our team anymore.  Jordy Nelson is a "value" player.  Randall Cobb and Eddie Lacy are big "value" players, but that's only because they are on their rookie contract.  <a href="http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/green-bay-packers/yearly/" target="_blank">http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/green-bay-packers/yearly/</a>Look at all the names here.  Of the guys that we extended on our own, can you see one name besides Jordy Nelson that we look back on and say "wow, that really turned out in our favor."  I guess Sitton might be a big underpaid, but he is a guard.  Rodgers is certainly worth every penny, but he's the highest paid player in football, and is being paid at the market value for that at this point in time.</blockquote>

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