Only three NFL teams will carry more dead money on the 2023 salary cap than the Green Bay Packers, who are now paying the price for the recent use of void years and feeling the pain of trading away the historic contract of Aaron Rodgers this season.
Overall, the Packers are paying $57.1 million in dead money on the 2023 cap. The base salary cap is $224.8 million this year, so roughly 25 percent of the team’s cap resources are being spent on players who won’t be in Green Bay this season.
It’s a tough spot to be for a franchise in transition after trading away Rodgers.
Here are the nine players costing the Packers dead money on the cap in 2023: