Big raise for two Packers

Left tackle David Bakhtiari and safety Micah Hyde are entering the final year of their original four year rookie contracts and both have earned their way to a hefty pay raise.   The players earned $585,000.00 in salary last year and were scheduled to make approximately $660,000.00 this year.  But because both players have participated in more than 35% of the snaps on their respective sides of the ball, an escalator clause that’s now a part of all rookie deals, will kick in this off-season.  Both Bakhtiari and Hyde now are in line for 2016 salaries at just under 1.7 million dollars each.