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<blockquote data-quote="Voyageur" data-source="post: 1014516" data-attributes="member: 17953">The cap situation is quite misleading. First of all, here's the cap figures for 2024 for all our existing linemen. All are in millions of dollars. I'm showing the dead cap as well as salary for Bakh and Jenkins, because that's what will be owed to them in 2025, if they are cut after June 1, 2024. If they are cut before then, both the 2024 cap hit and the dead cap are due, and part of the 2024 cap, without exception.Name&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2024 Cap Hit&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2025 Dead Cap (No Escape)Bakhtiari&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; $40.5&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; $19.0&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Total, cut pre-June 1 - $59.5Jenkins&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; $14.5&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; $14.5&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; - $29.0Myers&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; $ 1.8Rhyan&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; $ 1.4Newman&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; $ 1.2Tom&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; $ 1.1Walker&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; $ 1.0Tenuta&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; $ 1.0The question you have to ask yourself is why did we get into a position where we had two guys overpaid as much as they are, and then bring in bargain basement players and even think for a heartbeat that we were going to have a solid offensive line using them? If you look at these figures, they make you wonder what were they thinking?Now the question is. Do you bite the bullet and take the huge cap hit in 2024, by paying off those pre-June cut figures, or do you spread it over the two years? Either way, you're going to eat a ton of money. I think you cut both Bakh after June 1, and see what happens with Jenkins, &quot;prior to camp,&quot; and if he hasn't gotten well enough to contribute, cut him too. In the meantime, you get to divert that $33.5 to 2025's cap.When you see these figures together, it makes you sick to your stomach realizing how dumb the decisions were to get the Packers in this position. it never should have happened.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Voyageur, post: 1014516, member: 17953"] The cap situation is quite misleading. First of all, here's the cap figures for 2024 for all our existing linemen. All are in millions of dollars. I'm showing the dead cap as well as salary for Bakh and Jenkins, because that's what will be owed to them in 2025, if they are cut [U][I][B]after June 1, 2024. If they are cut before then, both the 2024 cap hit and the dead cap are due, and part of the 2024 cap, without exception.[/B][/I][/U] [B][U]Name 2024 Cap Hit 2025 Dead Cap (No Escape)[/U] Bakhtiari $40.5 $19.0 Total, cut pre-June 1 - $59.5 Jenkins $14.5 $14.5 - $29.0 Myers $ 1.8 Rhyan $ 1.4 Newman $ 1.2 Tom $ 1.1 Walker $ 1.0 Tenuta $ 1.0[/B] The question you have to ask yourself is why did we get into a position where we had two guys overpaid as much as they are, and then bring in bargain basement players and even think for a heartbeat that we were going to have a solid offensive line using them? If you look at these figures, they make you wonder what were they thinking? Now the question is. Do you bite the bullet and take the huge cap hit in 2024, by paying off those pre-June cut figures, or do you spread it over the two years? Either way, you're going to eat a ton of money. I think you cut both Bakh after June 1, and see what happens with Jenkins, "prior to camp," and if he hasn't gotten well enough to contribute, cut him too. In the meantime, you get to divert that $33.5 to 2025's cap. When you see these figures together, it makes you sick to your stomach realizing how dumb the decisions were to get the Packers in this position. it never should have happened. [/QUOTE]

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