The Green Bay Packers are reportedly restructuring star safety Xavier McKinney's contract. This move gives the club more flexibility ahead of free agency, and it will be fascinating to see how they use it.
Jeremy Fowler of ESPN was first on the news. He revealed that the Packers are converting McKinney's base salary ($4.25 million) and roster bonus into a signing bonus. That nearly halves the defensive back's 2026 cap hit from roughly $19 million to under $10 million.
However, the money the Packers saved doesn't just vanish into the ether; McKinney now has a $24.