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The Packers still have a lot of contract questions to answer.
When the Packers finally traded Aaron Rodgers prior to the 2023 NFL Draft, it signaled a new era of financial stability in Green Bay. With the quarterback’s onerous contract off the books, the Packers began the process of getting their financial house in order, and by the start of the 2024 season things had largely been set right.
Following Rodgers, the Packers also parted ways with the expensive contracts of Aaron Jones and David Bakhtiari, setting themselves up for a cleaner cap sheet heading forward.
But fast forward to 2025, and the Packers find themselves dealing with financial headaches again. Elgton Jenkins wants a new deal, and whether or not the Packers give him one, he won’t be playing the 2026 season on his current deal. And that’s just one reason the Packers are already over the 2026 cap. They need to figure out what to do with the contracts for Jaire Alexander, Kenny Clark, Rashan Gary, and others, and that’s just to get them to solvency. They’ve still got to manage their pending contract extensions — and those include two starting linemen, which are rarely cheap, though I’d bet against them extending Rasheed Walker.
The point is, even if the Packers got out from under their toughest contracts, the work never stops. But that’s the curse of having good players: you have to figure out how to pay them.
Jenkins has stayed away from offseason workouts over concerns about his contract.
Jordan Love has a couple of new friends to play with this year.
As the Packers try to get the play banned, the Eagles are working the phones to sway teams toward keeping the play.
The Packers doled out about $1.5 million to nearly 400 civic groups last year.
In other news, the Blair Witch Project turns 26 years old this year.
