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The "Shutdown Countdown" has entered the home stretch. In addition to previewing each team, Shutdown Corner will be taking a brief look at each team's salary cap situation heading into the 2013 season and beyond. We continue the series with the Green Bay Packers. 2013 Adjusted Cap Number : $130.822 million (11th-highest in the NFL in 2013) 2013 Cap Room Remaining : $14.564 million (6th in the NFL, as of Aug. 1) Best Bargain(s) : The top three receivers on the current Packers roster are Randall Cobb, James Jones and Jordy Nelson, who combined to catch 193 passes for 2,483 yards and 29 of the team's 40 touchdown passes last season. Cobb (12th), Jones (13th) and Nelson (17th) all placed in the Top 20 in Football Outsiders' receiving DYAR (Defense-adjusted Yards Above Replacement) last season. In 2013, that trio will earn $7,066,766 combined , which is 54.4 percent of the cash that former Packers receiver Greg Jennings will take home this season from the Minnesota Vikings. Potential Camp Cap Casualty : Head coach Mike McCarthy stuck with veteran kicker Mason Crosby during his well-documented struggles during the 2012 season. The Packers brought in Giorgio Tavecchio to push him for the job during the preseason. If Tavecchio wins out, or Crosby just struggles and is replaced with a veteran free agent, the Packers would save $2.4 million in cash and cap space this season.
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