Now that Greg Jennings has gotten a new contract, perhaps the Packers can focus on a new deal for Pro Bowl FS Nick Collins.  Collins showed up for the mandatory minicamp, but clearly is not excited about the $3 million he’ll be making this year.  Now, if my boss came to me and said I had such a great year that I’m going to get a 600% raise over last year, I’d being doing backflips down the hallway.  Unfortunately, in the wide world of sports, that’s just not enough money.

I’ll grant you that a Pro Bowl free safety is worth more — we’re talking professional football players reality now, not the rality most of us live in — than $3M a year.  So, I can see why he’d like to have an extension done.  But, look at what Jennings did to get his.  He showed up and worked his arse off doing what he said he’d do when he signed his contract.  Thompson rewarded his good little soldier with a deal that is front loaded with guaranteed millions.  Other people who were unhappy with their contracts or other things in the organization and complained publicly (Brett Favre, Javon Walker, Mike McKenzie, Corey Williams, Ryan Grant, etc.) are either not there, or they came up short of what they were looking for.  People who showed up and did their jobs (Aaron Rodgers, Greg Jennings, Aaron Kampman, etc) all got their extensions for the money they wanted (granted we’ll see if Kampman gets a second extension or not).

I sure hope Nick is taking notes.