When the calendar turned to February 19th, a couple of salary cap mechanics where triggered for the Green Bay Packers. At midnight, the Packers were no longer able to shed the void years being executed on several deals, which impact tackle Yosh Nijman, cornerback Keisean Nixon and safety Darnell Savage moving forward.
In total, the dead cap that Green Bay took on in 2024 by not pushing back those salary cap hits for the trio came out to be $9.48 million, per cap analyst Ken Ingalls. Below is how much immediate cap space that the Packers could have saved by extending each individual player:
- Safety Darnell Savage: $4.