Let Me Tell You Something: Brian Gutekunst's Cap Management Is Cracking Like March Ice

Big Sal from Peshtigo has had ENOUGH — and this time he's coming with receipts. The Packers are carrying $43 million in dead cap in 2026, and over $34 million of it is going directly to the Dallas Cowboys' defensive line. That's not a typo. That's Rashan Gary and Kenny Clark — two guys Green Bay signed to nine-figure extensions — now suiting up for Jerry Jones while Green Bay pays the bill.

• Big Sal breaks down exactly where the dead money is coming from — and why these weren't bad luck, they were choices
• The Rashan Gary extension: signed during a 2-5 season, $96 million, traded for a 2027 fourth-round pick
• Kenny Clark: $64 million in July 2024, gone eleven months later as a cap casualty in the Parsons deal
• The bottom line: you cannot trade away two first-round picks, carry $43M in dead cap, AND call this a contention window — something has to give

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