Jennings Reportedly Extended

Green Bay Packers wide receiver Greg Jennings is close to a three-year, $27 million contract extension according to ESPN.com’s John Clayton.

ESPN.com’s Len Pasquarelli reports that $16 million is guaranteed, and the front-loaded deal could reach as high as $30 million if he performs at a Pro Bowl level. Jennings is in the final year of his rookie contract and was set to earn $535,000 in 2009.

The 5-11, 197 lbs Jennings is coming off an 80-catch, 1,292-yard 2008 season in which he caught nine touchdown passes and was a Pro Bowl alternate. The 25 year-old was a second-round choice of the Packers in 2006 out of Western Michigan and has developed into one of the top young wide-outs in the NFL.

Starks Agrees to New Deal

The Pittsburgh Steelers have signed left tackle Max Starks to a $26.3 million four-year contract, according to ESPN.com.

The deal is believed to include $10 million in guaranteed money. It also ends a two-year stretch in which Starks, a transition player in 2008 and the franchise player in 2009, took up a large portion of  Pittsburgh’s cap room. The Steelers are now poised to save roughly $3 million in salary-cap space.

The 6-foot-8, 345-pound Starks had been an unsigned franchise player with an $8.451 million tender. The 27-year-old former Florida Gator was a third-round draft pick by the Steelers in 2004, and has started 45 games.

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