Green Bay Packers offensive lineman Don Barclay Credit: Mike De Sisti

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Green Bay— Offensive lineman Don Barclay and linebacker Lerentee McCray needed jobs and Green Bay Packers general manager Ted Thompson was more than happy to hire them.

Thompson used a grand total of $525,000 in salary cap space to add the pair this week.

According to a source with access to NFLPA salary data, Barclay, the fifth-year unrestricted free agent, accepted a one-year, $700,000 deal that included a $25,000 signing bonus. To protect the Packers against an injury, the deal features a split salary of $405,000, which means if Barclay lands on injured reserve his weekly salary the rest of the year would be calculated at the $405,000 per year rate.

Barclay, 27, missed all of the 2014 season with a torn ACL and did not regain the form he had shown in his first two seasons.

McCray, 25, who was a "street" free agent, received a one-year, $800,000 deal that included a signing bonus of $50,000 and a workout bonus of $75,000. His base salary is the league minimum of $675,000.

The $800,000 is roughly half of the $1.671 million it would have cost Denver to retain him on a restricted free-agent contract. The Broncos' decision not to make the offer turned the outside linebacker into a free agent.

Together, Barclay and McCray account for $1.5 million in salary cap charges, but because only the top 51 players count against the cap in the off-season, two players with cap numbers totaling $975,000 were bumped off.

The Packers are now $10.65 million under the cap.