By: PFC Contributor Dan Turczynski (@DanTurczynski)
The Green Bay Packers and star linebacker Clay Matthews have agreed to a contract extension this afternoon. Matthews’ new deal is 5-years, $66 million (roughly $13.2 million per year). The new deal makes Matthews the highest paid linebacker in the NFL earning him slightly more than Cowboys’ linebacker DeMarcus Ware ($13 million per year). Matthews is now locked up in Green Bay until the 2018 season.
matthews might be the best LB in the league anyway, might as well pay him like it