What Jordy Nelson Extension Means for Green Bay Packers

July 26, 2014   ·   Zach Kruse   ·   Jump to comments

The Green Bay Packers have locked up receiver Jordy Nelson, one of the game's most underrated players, with a contract extension that rewards Nelson for a fantastic three-year stretch but also safeguards the team in terms of guaranteed money.
According to Ian Rapoport of NFL.com, the Packers and Nelson agreed to a four-year extension worth $39 million, with $14.2 million guaranteed and an $11.5 million signing bonus. Nelson's deal, which was announced on the first day of Packers training camp, averages $9.76 million in new money and ties him to Green Bay through 2018.
ESPN.com's Rob Demovsky reported Friday on Nelson's desire for an extension worth at least $10 million per season. He didn't hit his mark, but the new money included on his four-year extension ranks Nelson as the eighth-highest-paid receiver, one spot ahead of the Houston Texans' Andre Johnson ($9.6 million) and just below the Chicago Bears' Brandon Marshall ($10 million). 
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