The Green Bay Packers will be one of the most limited teams in terms of available resources to improve the roster entering the 2026 offseason.
In reviewing salary cap space and draft capital, NFL.com’s Zak Koeppel ranked all 32 teams by “offseason resources,” and the Packers ranked 30th out of 32 — beating only the Dallas Cowboys and Buffalo Bills. Koeppel ranked each team in salary cap space and draft pick capital individually and then averaged out the two numbers to develop the overall rankings.
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By Koeppel’s deduction of Over the Cap’s numbers, the Packers rank 22nd in salary cap space and 29th in draft pick capital.
As of Feb. 16, the Packers remain over the 2026 salary cap — meaning a bunch of moves are required to become cap compliant by the start of the new league year in March. The Packers have salary cap levers to pull, and general manager Brian Gutekunst believes he has the flexibility to make any move his team wants to make. But it would be fair to say the Packers are in a far more constricted financial situation entering this offseason, and the roster cannot avoid losing multiple veteran players. Even if the Packers can clear some cap space, do not expect a spending spree in free agency, especially with the possibility of cashing in with compensatory picks in 2027.
By simple restructure potential, the Packers rank 25th out of 32 teams. There is wiggle room, but all teams have these same levers to pull.
On the draft pick capital front, the Packers lack a first-round pick after trading for Micah Parsons last August. Gutekunst and the Packers won’t be on the clock in the 2026 draft until No. 52 overall in the second round, and Green Bay has only two picks — No. 52 and No. 87 — in the top 100. Adding instant impact players will be difficult via the draft.
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The official draft order hasn’t been established, but according to Tankathon, the Packers rank 29th in draft capital.
The reality for the Packers entering this offseason? Improving over the 2025 roster is going to be close to impossible, given the team’s free agent class, salary cap space and draft capital. Gutekunst will need to make the right calls on picking and choosing free agents to return, veteran free agents to target on the open market and positions to target early in the draft. The roster is going to go through turnover in the coming months, and the Packers lack the big-time resources required to fill new roster holes.
This article originally appeared on Packers Wire: Packers land at No. 30 in NFL offseason resources ranking