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Trading Rodgers Doesn't Solve The 2024 Cap Issues

Related Topics: Aaron Rodgers, Rashan Gary

The notion that the Packers salary cap situation will be fixed quickly simply by trading Aaron Rodgers is false. Moreover, too many fans think executing the trade after June 1 so the Packers can split the dead money with $15.8M counting in 2023 and the other $24.5M counting in 2024 fixes the cap issues. It doesn't: it only allows the Packers to spend money that they can ill afford on free agents in 2023. From a strictly salary cap perspective, deferring the $24.5M to 2024 makes sense (assuming the salary cap continues to increase as expected). $24.5M is 10.