Packers Do The Right Thing and Pay Greg Jennings

The Green Bay Packers and wide receiver Greg Jennings announced a three-year contract extension on Wednesday, making Jennings one of the highest paid wideouts in the game.  Let’s see how he got there…. The year was 2006 and the Green Bay Packers just completed their first day of rookie camps. First year Packers head coach Mike McCarthy was asked how the Pack’s latter second-round selection fared in the team’s camp. McCarthy simply replied, “Oh, we didn’t miss on that one”. The rest was history. Coming out of college, Jennings entered the draft after breaking just about every receiving record for the Western Michigan Broncos. He was projected as a second-to-third round pick behind the likes of Santonio Holmes, Chad Jackson, Derek Hagan, and Sinorice Moss. His great route running and even better hands made him a perfect fit for the Packers’ west coast offense. The two knocks on Jennings going into the draft were his lack of ... (link)