The Green Bay Packers blew $625,000 in signing bonus last year on quarterback Tim Couch, but a favorable settlement this spring of his grievance against the team ended with a quasi-happy ending.
In fact, the Packers have an additional $214,206 under their adjusted salary cap of $86.227 million for 2005 after the two sides agreed to settle Couch's grievance shortly before it was to be resolved through arbitration.
Couch And Packers Come To Terms, Additional Cap Room Opens Up