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The Green Bay Packers will create another notable cap casualty on Wednesday.
According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel‘s Tom Silverstein, the Packers are cutting linebacker De’Vondre Campbell once the new NFL calendar year begins. They’ll save approximately $10.5 million off their 2024 salary cap if designating him as a post-June 1 cut.
Campbell spent four seasons with the Atlanta Falcons and one with the Arizona Cardinals before joining Green Bay on a one-year, $2 million deal. He far exceeded that modest investment by tallying 146 tackles, two interceptions, two forced fumbles, and two sacks in an All-Pro campaign.
The Packers rewarded Campbell with a five-year, $50 million deal that offseason. However, injuries have caused him to miss 10 games over the last two seasons.
Campbell sat out two games last December before returning for the postseason. The former fourth-round pick collected eight tackles and a sack in Green Bay’s first-round upset over the Dallas Cowboys.
He’s due to count for $14.2 million against the cap, but the Packers would clear $10,573,519 by making Campbell a post-June 1 cut. Otherwise, they’d clear around $2.6 million off next season’s cap.
Campbell is also due a $2.9 million bonus on Friday that Green Bay would avoid paying by releasing him.
The Packers traditionally aren’t major free-agent spenders, but cutting Campbell would give general manager Brian Gutekunst more flexibility to pursue a safety and other upgrades on the open market. Green Bay could also clear cap space by cutting long-time left tackle David Bakhtiari, who has a $40 million cap hit in 2024.