A Green Bay Packers roster that is getting younger and had to fit in a $40 million dead cap hit for Aaron Rodgers will feature four players with a cap hit over $10 million and just eight with a cap hit over $5 million during the 2023 season.
Here are the Packers’ biggest cap hits in 2023:
1. LT David Bakhtiari: $21,336,249
2. DL Kenny Clark: $12,905,000
3. OLB Rashan Gary: $10,892,000
4. CB Jaire Alexander: $10,755,765
5. RB Aaron Jones: $8,197,000
6. OL Elgton Jenkins: $6,967,383
7. OLB Preston Smith: $6,372,000
8. LB De’Vondre Campbell: $5,527,882
All other cap hits on the roster are under $5 million.
The team’s four biggest cap hits account for roughly 36 percent of the team’s current top 51 contracts counted on the 2023 salary cap. Bakhtiari’s cap number is the 27th highest among NFL players. Clark’s cap number ranks 100th among NFL players.
To offset some of the top-heavy deals, the Packers have 14 players with a cap hit between $1.5 million and $5.0 million.
The Packers have an astounding $57.1 million in dead money on the cap (third-most, behind Buccaneers, Rams) in 2023, including $40.3 million from trading Rodgers. Unsigned safety Adrian Amos has a dead cap hit of $7,950,000, which is the team’s seventh largest cap hit this season. Voided deals for Dean Lowry, Jarran Reed, Randall Cobb, Marcedes Lewis, Mason Croby and Robert Tonyan account for another $8 million in dead money charges.
The dead money for trading Rodgers to the Jets would actually represent the biggest cap hit in the NFL in 2023. Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes otherwise has the biggest cap hit ($39.7 million).
Last season, the Packers had nine cap numbers over $5 million and three over $10 million.
