GREEN BAY — Like roughly half the NFL, the Green Bay Packers know they have their work cut out for themselves with the salary cap shrinking, impending free agents they’d like to keep and roster needs to fill despite the fiscal restrictions created by the league’s COVID-19 pandemic-related financial losses.
So whether it’s restructuring — or, perhaps, extending — three-time NFL MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ contract, reworking the contracts of other prominent players or reluctantly cutting ties with players who’d otherwise be on the roster if not for the reduced salary cap, coach Matt LaFleur and general manager Brian Gutekunst both acknowledged a flurry of moves are coming in the next two weeks before the new league year begins on March 17.