The #Packers continues to clear the space of the hood, with a simple restructuring with OL Billy Turner, the source said. Straight salary conversion.
– Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) 13 March 2021
According to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network, Green Bay Packers have freed up more headroom by restructuring the contract of attacking linebacker Billy Turner.
The restructuring is a salary conversion per Pelissero, which means Packers will convert a base salary or roster bonus into a signing bonus, allowing the team to split the money over the duration of the deal and save money on the cap this season. .
Like Adrian Amos, Turner’s four-year contract is still two years away. The Packers turned Amos’ $ 1.5 million roster bonus into a signing bonus this year, creating $ 750,000 worth of cap space in 2021 and adding $ 750,000 to the cap in 2022. Something similar was probably done to Turner’s deal.
Turner has a base salary of $ 4,525,000 and a roster bonus of $ 1,000,000 this year. The Packers could earn $ 500,000 in capital-time savings by 2021 by converting its roster bonus into a sign-up bonus.
Turner is a versatile member of the attacking line and has played left, right and right barrel in Green Bay the last two seasons.
Turner’s restructuring is the latest in a long list of actions the Packers have taken to get below the 2021 salary cap. The team released Christian Kirksey and Rick Wagner and restructured the transactions of Amos, David Bakhtiari and Preston Smith.
Depending on the type of restructuring, it’s possible that the Packers will make work under the hood through Turner’s agreement.
The Packers have yet to do anything about the contracts of Aaron Rodgers, Za’Darius Smith or Davante Adams. And Dean Lowry is a candidate for a casualty hood.