The Packers have restructured the contract of defensive lineman Dean Lowry (Twitter link via ESPN.com’s Field Yates). Lowry will have $3.11 million of his $4.1MM salary converted into a signing bonus, giving Green Bay an additional $2.5MM in cap room. That’s a welcome break for Brian Gutekunst, who was sweating Lowry’s scheduled $6.3MM cap hit.
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The move provides the Packers with some extra space to add to the roster between now and Week 1. In theory, the extra dollars could be allocated towards a big splash, like trading for Falcons star Julio Jones, but they’ll need more than a few mil to make that happen. Jones will earn a guaranteed $15.3MM this year and already has ~$2MM of his 2022 salary ($15.5MM) locked in.
Lowry, a 2016 fourth-round pick out of Northwestern, inked a three-year, $20.325MM extension towards the end of his rookie deal. He broke out as a part-time starter in 2018 with 57 tackles (seven for loss), three sacks, three passes defensed, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery, two QB hits, and 14 QB pressures. Last year, he delivered three sacks and 36 total stops while starting in all 16 contests.
This SHOULD be the thing the pack needed to do to get ARod to show up….good work pack!
Still a lot of buzz around the whole Arod drama. I think it’s kinda like anyone who’s been working for the same employer for 15 or more years. You see things change, don’t even recognize some of the people around you anymore, and you long for what seemed to be a simpler time.
It doesn’t necessarily mean the organization is in trouble, but more that Arod and the Packers just don’t make a good fit any longer. It doesn’t have to be more complicated than that. If that’s the case, it’s time for both parties to move on and the Pack should take the highest offer to reload.