The Green Bay Packers will immediately gain almost $20 million in cap space when the trade of Davante Adams to the Las Vegas Raiders is officially completed.
A team pushed up against the cap will suddenly be free to sign in-house free agents or pursue other available free agents.
The Packers went into Thursday night at around $1 million in cap space, thanks to over $75 million worth of cap adjustments completed over the last month to get under the cap by the start of the new league year. Trading Adams will create around $19.4 million in new cap space, which will give the Packers all the space needed to get aggressive on the open market if desired.
