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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 6794" data-source="post: 867403">Graham would still have been overpaid at $5 million per season.Just for the record, I don't want the Packers to go all-in for the 2020 season but wouldn't mind Gutekunst to sign some players to backloaded contracts to be capable of addressing another position in need of an upgrade for this year.Graham earned a total of $22 million over the two years in Green Bay.NFL teams can backload a contract by signing a free agent to a deal including a significant signing bonus (the cap hit will be prorated over the entire length of the contact) while paying only a low base salary early during the deal. That results in the cap hit being lower in the first and possibly second year of the deal.You have to be aware that it will drastically increase later though. In addition the prorated portion would result in a significant amount of dead money counting against the cap if that player is released or traded before the contract expires.The Packers shouldn't completely mortgage the future by going all-in this offseason but take more risks than in the past with Rodgers getting up there in age.</blockquote>

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