What are the chances that part of the reason they did this is because Clark's deal neatly fits in to the ~$21M that Parsons was owed this year, with an easy escape hatch in 2026 or 2027?
Clark's cap number falls to roughly to roughly $20.4 million in 2025 but then balloons to $31.4 million in 2026. In 2027, $18.3 million of Clark's $27.1 million cap number is tied up in non-guaranteed base salary.
The decision point on keeping Clark on the deal will likely arrive as soon as 2026, when he has a big roster bonus due and his cap number jumps over $30 million. In the event of a release in 2026, the Packers would save roughly $14 million on the salary cap while taking on roughly $17 million in dead cap.