A few weeks ago, we at Acme Packing Company theorized how the Green Bay Packers might free up salary cap space with a straight restructure of David Bakhtiari’s contract. Our thought went that the team could easily spread out about $6 million in space by simply paying Bakhtiari his $9.5 million roster bonus early and avoiding adding any void years to his deal. As it turns out, the Packers were more aggressive than that, as they have pushed off just shy of $10 million instead.
ESPN’s Field Yates again reported the deal, which moves not only Bakhtiari’s roster bonus but also another $2.