The Packers Should Restructure Allen Lazard Plus Thoughts About Dean Lowry

Extra salary cap space is always a useful commodity to possess. The two best remaining sources of salary cap savings in 2022 are Allen Lazard and Dean Lowry. Looking at the numbers, I see very few places to generate salary cap space should the need arise. 9 of the top 15 contracts have base salaries set at the minimum with no roster bonuses. Russ Ball can squeeze those contracts as hard as he wants but he can't get any more juice out of them. In some cases, a release generates a million or two in cap savings, but these guys are all core players. The Packers could release Marcedes Lewis to get some relief, or Mason Crosby to get $2.9M in salary cap relief, but there are no proven replacements on the roster for them.

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