Sources: Elgton Jenkins skipping Packers workouts over contract

Green Bay, Wis. ——- Elgton jenkins Doesn is certain in a problem with moving to center full time, but the Two-Time Pro Bowl Left Guard would like the like the Green Bay Packers To make it more financially stable for him to do so.

That’s the reason he has so far stayed from the offseason workout, multiple sources toold Espn.

Jenkins has Two Years Left on a Four-Year, $ 68 Million Contrect Extension He Signed in December 2022. To the high-priced tackle position. The anger of $ 17 million would make him among the highest-payment center in the league.

The problem, however, that the centers typically make far less than the highest-paid guards or tackles, so jenkins’ conns to Future Earnings, which be signed by a center. He is under contrast through the 2026 season and is scheduled to make $ 12.8 million this season and $ 20 million 2026, when he will be 30 years old.

The packers almost never adjust contracts with more than one year remaining. Perhaps a compromise would be to guarantee some of the remainer of the $ 32.8 million remaining on the Deal. The only thing guaranteed was his initial signing bonus of $ 24 million. The move to the center of the packers signed free agents Aaron banks To a four-year, $ 77 million control to play left guard. Since then, the packers have maintained that jenkins was full with moving to center – something offensive coordinator adam stenavich reiterated monday.

“I think he open to it,” Stenavich say. “The conversations that we have with him, yeah, he got a lot of experience there and he was opened to it, Excited about it. So, read to go.”

When asked if the position switch is who jenkins has not taken in the offseason program, Stenavich Said: “No. He not here for other reasons.” Jenkins has introduced missed enough of the offseason program that he would do no longer quality to Earn his $ 500,000 workout bonus.

“We had plenty of conversations with elgton leading up to it, and obvious he played center in college,” Packers General Manager Brian Gutekunst Said Earlier this offseason. “We feel he got a chance to be an all-prro center. We’ve talked about it a lot, how versatility plays into our office, and have guys that can move to different Who can play all five spots, so hey luxury to see what he can do at Center, as well.

Jenkins, who could not be reachad for comment, has played every position on the offensive line Since the packers picked Him in the second draft.