The salary cap necessitates every NFL team to make brutal decisions on its roster year after year. That's nothing new, but it still stings when you have to cut former high draft picks and/or big-money players to be cap compliant, or even to just have the flexibility to build your roster. The Green Bay Packers made a really tough decision when they cut veteran cornerback and former first-round pick Jaire Alexander, who promptly signed with the Baltimore Ravens to a team-friendly deal.
That was a bitter pill to swallow, but in hindsight, it might have been the move that let the Packers ultimately make the blockbuster trade to acquire Micah Parsons from the Dallas Cowboys.