The Packers Max Restructure McKinney To Get Under The Cap

Jeremy Fowler of ESPN has reported that the Packers restructured Xavier McKinney's contract and Overthecap has posted the numbers. Per Overthecap, the Packers reduced McKinney's $4.25M base salary to his minimum salary of $1.215M, a difference of $3.035M. The Packers added 3 void years and converted the $3.035M plus McKinney's $8.5M roster bonus ($11.535M total) into a signing bonus. The move provides $9.228M in cap relief. McKinney will have cap numbers of $9.697M in 2026 and $24.908M in 2027, which would make him a prime candidate for an extension or some other move to reduce his cap number in 2027.

This move should get the team to around $5M under the salary cap limit once the team…