
The offseason is starting to heat up. To ensure that the faithful AllGBP.com readers are prepared, here is an overview of individual Packers’ player salaries courtesy of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
Player, pos |
Salary |
Contract Information |
Contract Expires |
Charles Woodson, CB |
$11.562M |
After 2014 |
|
Aaron Rodgers, QB |
8.5M |
After 2014 |
|
Tramon Williams, CB |
7.381M |
After 2014 |
|
Greg Jennings, WR |
7.347M |
After 2012 |
|
A.J. Hawk, LB |
6.531M |
After 2015 |
|
Jermichael Finley, TE |
5.75M |
After 2013 |
|
Ryan Pickett, DE |
5.737M |
After 2013 |
|
Chad Clifton, T |
5.593M |
After 2012 |
|
Donald Driver, WR |
5.0M |
After 2012 |
|
Josh Sitton, G |
4.8M |
After 2016 |
|
Nick Collins, S |
4.787M |
After 2013 |
|
B.J. Raji, NT |
4.255M |
After 2013 |
|
Desmond Bishop, LB |
4.245M |
After 2014 |
|
Jordy Nelson, WR |
3.825M |
After 2014 |
|
James Jones, WR |
3.1M |
After 2013 |
|
Mason Crosby, K |
2.4M |
After 2015 |
|
John Kuhn, FB |
2.4M |
After 2013 |
|
Clay Matthews, LB |
1.93M |
After 2013 |
|
Bryan Bulaga, T |
1.847M |
After 2014 |
|
Derek Sherrod, LT |
1.5M |
After 2015 |
|
Charlie Peprah, S |
1.225M |
After 2012 |
|
Brett Goode, LS |
801,000 |
After 2012 |
|
Mike Neal, DE |
780,000 |
After 2013 |
|
Randall Cobb, WR |
729,414 |
After 2014 |
|
Morgan Burnett, S |
708,775 |
After 2013 |
|
T.J. Lang, T-G |
690,625 |
After 2012 |
|
Herb Taylor |
615,000 |
After 2012 |
|
Alex Green, RB |
601,250 |
After 2014 |
|
Brad Jones, LB |
580,066 |
After 2012 |
|
Evan Dietrich-Smith, C |
565,000 |
— |
— |
Jarius Wynn, DE |
565,000 |
After 2012 |
|
Davon House, CB |
540,145 |
After 2014 |
|
Graham Harrell, QB |
540,000 |
— |
— |
Andrew Quarless, TE |
535,606 |
After 2013 |
|
Marshall Newhouse, T |
527,462 |
After 2013 |
|
James Starks, RB |
515,075 |
After 2013 |
|
D.J. Williams, TE |
514,500 |
After 2014 |
|
C.J. Wilson, DE |
502,588 |
After 2013 |
|
Sam Shields, CB |
492,500 |
— |
|
Frank Zombo, LB |
491,168 |
— |
|
D.J. Smith, LB |
490,788 |
After 2014 |
|
Tom Crabtree, TE |
490,000 |
— |
— |
Rob Francois, LB |
490,000 |
— |
— |
Tim Masthay, P |
490,000 |
— |
— |
Aleric Mullins DT |
490,000 |
— |
— |
Ryan Taylor, TE |
479,794 |
After 2014 |
|
Vic So’oto, LB |
467,833 |
— |
— |
Jamari Lattimore, LB |
466,666 |
— |
— |
M.D. Jennings, S |
465,833 |
— |
— |
Ray Dominguez, OL |
465,000 |
— |
— |
Brandon Saine, RB |
465,000 |
— |
— |
Lawrence Guy, DE |
401,475 |
After 2014 |
2012 Packers free agents and their 2011 salary cap
Player, pos |
2011 Salary |
Contract Information |
Contract Expires |
Ryan Grant, RB |
3.797M |
After 2011 |
|
Scott Wells, C |
3.1M |
After 2011 |
|
Jarrett Bush, CB |
1.733M |
After 2011 |
|
Howard Green, DL |
860,000 |
After 2011 |
|
Matt Flynn, QB |
616,046 |
After 2011 |
|
Erik Walden, LB |
600,000 |
After 2011 |
|
Pat Lee, CB |
765,000 |
After 2011 |
The top 5 in “dead” money the Packers are carrying in 2012
Nick Barnett, LB |
850,000 |
Released |
|
Brandon Chillar, LB |
800,000 |
Released |
|
Justin Harrell, DT |
530,000 |
Released |
|
Caleb Schlauderaff, C |
79,350 |
Traded |
|
Ricky Elmore, DE |
66,177 |
Released |
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Glad to see this.
What I would like to see changed:
1. Restructure Woodson to about 7-8 mil
2. Cut hawk. Save 6.5 mil in complete dead weight. There’s some dispute over how much we’d be obligated to him. I don’t really care. We need to rectify this mistake as soon as possible to clear salary cap room if not for this year then for our future.
3. Cut Clifton 6mil freed up.
4. Draft konz dont re sign wells. By every indication wells isn’t being reasonable so let him walk. We’d be able to at least break even in this move…
5. Resign grant for like 1.3 mil or else let him walk. 1.2- 3.7mil saved
6. Resign bush for 1.2mil or let him walk. 500000 saved
7.drop walden 600k saved
8.restructure picket for 3.5mil he’s not worth 5.7. Save 2.2mil
9. Nick Collins doesn’t come back. 4.8mil cleared
10. Green, Flynn, and lee gone. 2.3mil saved
11. DD gone. 5mil saved.
All in all about 35mil in salary cap cleared. Lots of room for pass rushers and DB’s.
I would prefer Collins to come back but neck injury = bad news so I’m leaning toward no. Also restructure bishop for like 1.7 mil save 2.8 mil nullified by the fact that jf is pulling 7.5 instead of 5.5 so still same in savings
Interesting observation (at least to me):
Justin Harrell will make more $ in 2012 than Tim Masthay, Marshall Newhouse, Tom Crabtree, James Starks, CJ Wilson, Sam Shields, Robert Francois and Frank Zombo among others.
Dead money indeed.
Thanks for the hard work Adam. This is why Al’s readers are the most informed NFL fans.
Going to throw this into an Excel spread sheet and have some fun.
Thanks for the kind words, Ron. But for this information, the credit goes to the Journal-Sentinel staff.
But I guess if you want to give me all the praise, I won’t stop you 🙂
I like CWood, but man does his contract stand out. Way overpaid relative to everyone else. Is there even a chance he restructures?
A lot has been said about DD, Cliffy and Hawk, but most of the other salaries look pretty fair.
Adam,
Your analysis brings to the surface an undeniable truth. When you combine the way the draft allows the lower ranked teams to gooble up the top college talent and the “Cap” prevents the top teams from keeping all their current players in tow forever, you have “PARITY.” Just what the league wants.
TT has put GB in the best possible position to remain competitive by his far-sighted approach to building a team. That’s not to say he hasn”t made some mistakes, he has. Wahle, Riviera, and Harrel come to mind. But, I doubt that there are many teams in the league that are as ready to move into the next generation of NFL football as the Packers.
Which brings us to now. Assuming the Packers are in the run for the SB, and I do, they will need to make some moves to improve their defense. To do that they need some impact players. That will cost some bucks and that requires some “Cap” space freed up. A lot of things need to happen for that to be. Cuts, renegotiation, are the two most likely. Players who have failed to live up to their current contracts are at risk. Players who have performed well but are decllining talent-wise are at risk. Even some young talent that has shown potential are at risk.
I’m glad we have TT to make those choices. the only thing I ask is that it is done with class.
Just wait until the 2014 pre-season insanity to really get high blood pressure.
As for 2014, I’m sincerely hoping any key cogs from that “Free agent class” are renegotiated to long(er)-term contracts before the end of the 2013 season.
Me too!
I missed the memo on this. What happens in the 2014 pre season? Are you talking about starters coming up on new contracts?
As much as I love Woodson, that contract is WAY overpaying him.
Jeez I got slaughtered on that one… Lol wish you guys would accompany your thumbs down with sone feedback