A lot of planning and work went into the Green Bay Packers getting under the salary cap by the start of the 2021 league year.
Cuts. Restructures. Pushing money to the future.
The Packers exited the 2020 season needing to climb out of a substantially-sized salary cap hole but still did an admirable job keeping the roster together. A pandemic-caused shrinking of the cap made for an eventful start to the offseason in Green Bay. For the most part, the answer for Brian Gutekunst and Russ Ball was to push money to future years.
Here are all the moves the Packers made to get under the salary cap to start the 2021 league year: