The Green Bay Packers have been shuffling around a bit of money in the past few weeks, and now the reason for that has become clear. On a frigid Friday morning, news has broken that the Packers have locked up offensive lineman Elgton Jenkins to a new contract.
According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, the contract extension will run for four years and carry a base value of $68 million, with incentives that could increase the value up to $74 million. That base value equates to $17 million per year, a deal that makes him the second-highest-paid interior offensive lineman in the NFL behind only the Colts’ Quenton Nelson.