Round-up: New Deals for Jennings and Starks

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, ...