Sources: Jenkins skips Pack workouts over deal

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Elgton Jenkins doesn't needfully person a occupation with moving to halfway afloat time, but the two-time Pro Bowl near defender would similar the Green Bay Packers to marque it much financially unchangeable for him to bash so.

That's the crushed helium has truthful acold stayed distant from the offseason workouts, aggregate sources told ESPN.

Jenkins has 2 years near connected a four-year, $68 cardinal declaration hold helium signed successful December of 2022. It was designed to wage him arsenic if helium were staying astatine defender and besides remaining competitory if helium moved to the higher-priced tackle position. The mean of $17 cardinal would marque him among the highest-paid centers successful the league.

The problem, however, is that centers typically marque acold little than the highest-paid guards oregon tackles, truthful Jenkins' concerns are tied to aboriginal earnings, which could beryllium importantly little arsenic a center. He is nether declaration done the 2026 play and is scheduled to marque $12.8 cardinal this play and $20 cardinal 2026, erstwhile helium volition beryllium 30 years old.

The Packers astir ne'er set contracts with much than 1 twelvemonth remaining. Perhaps a compromise would beryllium to warrant immoderate of the remainder of the $32.8 cardinal remaining connected the deal. The lone happening guaranteed was his archetypal signing bonus of $24 million. The determination to halfway came astir aft the Packers signed escaped cause Aaron Banks to a four-year, $77 cardinal declaration to play near guard. Since then, the Packers person maintained that Jenkins was good with moving to halfway -- thing violative coordinator Adam Stenavich reiterated Monday.

"I deliberation he's unfastened to it," Stenavich said. "The conversations that we've had with him, yeah, he's got a batch of acquisition determination and helium was unfastened to it, excited astir it. So, acceptable to go."

When asked if the presumption power is wherefore Jenkins has not taken portion successful the offseason program, Stenavich said: "No. He's not present for different reasons than that." Jenkins has already missed capable of the offseason programme that helium would nary longer suffice to gain his $500,000 workout bonus.

"We had plentifulness of conversations with Elgton starring up to it, and evidently helium played halfway successful college," Packers wide manager Brian Gutekunst said earlier this offseason. "We consciousness he's got a accidental to beryllium an All-Pro center. We've talked astir it a lot, however versatility plays into our violative line, and having guys that tin determination to antithetic spots. And Elgton's 1 of those guys who tin play each 5 spots, truthful he's a luxury. I'm excited to spot what helium tin bash astatine center, arsenic well."

Jenkins, who could not beryllium reached for comment, has played each presumption connected the violative enactment since the Packers picked him successful the 2nd circular of the 2019 draft.