The two biggest puzzle pieces fell into place for the Green Bay Packers on Tuesday: Aaron Rodgers is returning to Green Bay, and the Packers tagged Davante Adams.
What’s next after bringing back the team’s two best players? A lot of salary cap work for general manager Brian Gutekunst and executive vice president Russ Ball.
After tagging Adams, the Packers are back around $46 million over the salary cap in 2022. Many more moves will be required to both get the Packers under the cap before the start of the new league year on March 16 and the start of the season in September.
But with Rodgers and Adams figured out, the team can finally put its master plan into action.
The Packers already restructured the deals of Kenny Clark, David Bakhtiari and Aaron Jones, but much more is to come. The savings of those moves were essentially wiped out by tagging Adams.
Let’s run down what’s ahead for the Packers.