Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst. Tork Mason / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Packers sign starter to massive long-term contract extension

Originally posted on WI Sports Heroics | By Matt Lombardo | Last updated Aug 26, 2025 6:04 PM ET

On the day that the Green Bay Packers and general manager Brian Gutekunst made final cuts to trim the roster to 53 players ahead of Week 1, one of the team’s starters received a significant raise.

According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Packers and long-snapper Matt Orzech agreed to terms on a three-year deal worth $4.8 million.

Packers long snapper Matt Orzech reached agreement today on a three-year, $4.8 million contract extension, per his agent Paul Sheehy. The deal makes Orzech the league’s third highest-paid long snapper. pic.twitter.com/5i0IMxsSkv
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 26, 2025

Orzech now becomes the third-highest long-snapper in the NFL, and he continues to provide stability for the Packers on special teams.

Green Bay Packers long snapper Matt Orzech. Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images

Orzech has already struck up a strong chemistry with kicker Brandon McManus, which the pair are hoping to build on in 2025, and beyond.

“It’s kind of been that way ever since he got here,” Orzech explained. “Even through all the crazy winter months with the wind, it’s crazy on that practice field, but he handles it in stride. He never lets a miss of what he thought a line would do get to his head, and he just keeps taking each kick as it is.”

Green Bay initially signed Orzech, 30, in 2023, and he appeared in all 17 games in each of the past two seasons.

This article first appeared on WI Sports Heroics and was syndicated with permission.

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