It is that time of the year when the bean counters come out and the arm chair general managers can opine at will. I probably qualify on both counts. Now that the NFL has set the 2026 salary cap at $301,200,000, we can apply that to the Packers' cap situation. All numbers below come from Overthecap or Spotrac.
PACKERS 2026 SALARY CAP ESTIMATION:
| NFL Limit | 301,200,000 |
| Packers Rollover | 9,173,420 |
| Subtotal | 310,373,620 |
| Top 51 Player Cap Numbers 297,303,029 | 297,303,029 |
| Subtotal | 13,070,571 |
| Dead Money (mostly Kenny Clark at $17M) | -17,165,048 |
| Subtotal | (-4,094,057) |
| 3 of 4 ERFAs Melton, Smith, Jenning net | -640,000 |
| Subtotal | (-4,734,057) |
| RFAs - None, maybe Kinnard & Cox | 0 |
| Workouts: 80 players x $340/day x 36 days | -979,200 |
| Amount the Packers must trim by 3-11-26: | (-5,713,655) |
| Draft Class Net (very conservative offset) | -1,760,118 |
| Subtotal | (-7,473,775) |
| Reserve: PUP, IR costs and possible acquisitions | -6,000,000 |
| Practice Squad ($13. |