We're in the money.....

Once again Ted Thompson's vision of how to run a professional franchise is paying off. Not only were we able to sign our best two players (Aaron Rodgers and Clay Mathews, Jr.) to long term contract extensions, we also have plenty of cap money to keep the players on our roster, that we covet the most.

I say players on our own roster because we know Thompson's vision does NOT include signing high price/ high risk free agents... you all remember the Dream Team 2011 Eagles and how well that worked out.

From The Packer Report...

Packers Have Ability To Extend Some Contracts
Aaron Rodgers' new deal didn't take up all the cap space but there's a lengthy list of free agents on the horizon. Plus, the team has set its offseason practices and it released a backup lineman.

Aaron Rodgers’ new contract gives the Green Bay Packers some flexibility.

According to league data published by Pro Football Talk last week, the Packers had the sixth-most cap space in the league at $15.6 million. With Rodgers’ extension increasing his 2013 cap charge from $9.75 million to $12 million, as reported Scout.com’s, the deal only eats up an additional $2.25 million.

That means Green Bay is about $13.35 million of cap space. Of that, somewhere between $4.5 million and $5 million will go toward the Packers’ 11 draft picks and college free agents. At the high end of the spectrum, that would leave Green Bay about $8.35 million, which could be rolled over for 2014 or used to strike extensions with some of their upcoming free agents. Among those playing their last season under contract are Morgan Burnett, Jermichael Finley James, Jones, John Kuhn, Mike Neal, Marshall Newhouse, Ryan Pickett, B.J. Raji and Sam Shields.

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