The Packers carved out some future cap room on Friday, with some help from Aaron Rodgers. The quarterback agreed to convert $14.26MM of his $19.5MM roster bonus into a signing bonus, which allows the club to prorate the hit over five seasons, including 2019 (Twitter link via ESPN.com’s Field Yates). 
It’s a common move in the NFL – Yates notes that the Lions recently agreed to a similar adjustment with Matthew Stafford‘s 2020 roster bonus, which was slated to count for $6MM against the cap.
With the move, the Packers have carved out $11.4MM in cap space for 2020. The Lions, meanwhile, have $4.8MM to work with.
Rodgers is signed through the 2023 season thanks to the four-year, $134MM extension he inked with the Packers just prior to the 2018 season. Before the deal was revised, his contract was slated to count for more than 16% of the Packers cap next year.
With a little extra breathing room, the Packers will have more dollars to fortify their roster on the open market and retain key players, including right tackle Bryan Bulaga and defensive tackle Kenny Clark.
Kenny Clark needs to be retained on a multi year contract, but Bulaga is probably ok with one year deals in the future and I see a high draft choice being made at RT in the near future.
Two year deal for Bulaga and a mid round draft choice at RT
If I was Bulaga I wouldn’t take a one year deal. Some team will be desperate enough to give him a 4 year deal. The guys a really good player when he isn’t hurt and he’s coming off a good year so somebody will pay him. Hopefully he wants to stay in Green Bay and will take a little less to do so.
Kirk Cousins needs to be doing this!!!
Lol….cousins needs to be on the unemployment line. Minn isn’t going to win anything with him.
Statistically he is one of the top quarterbacks in the NFC
Yea so is Mariota…
…in the AFC.
they can’t. the only way they can is by extending him and pushing the hit back.
The Vikings spent last off season adjusting a lot of contracts trying to free up cap space. Even tried to get Kyle Rudolph to take a pay cut but he was having none of that.
This money should be used to upgrade at MLB, add a TE and sign Clark to extension. If Bulaga is willing to go one year at a time that’s great, if not, as much as it sucks, it would be time to move on and draft a RT in second round.
They have good TEs. They just never play them because princess Rodgers won’t look at em. He will just continue to force the ball the the most washed up, worthless TE in football.
If I ever see this team invest in a TE again under Rodgers I’ll lose my mind. Lewis is the best TE investment they’ve made in years. Finley was amazing for 1 year. And he was more of a TE/WR. Maybe Jimmy G in his prime could have worked..but this isn’t that guy. Aaron Jones is a better blocker.