Packers linebacker Clay Matthews has no reason to complain about his contract, as he's scheduled to make $69.73 million over the next six years. But even if Matthews hadn't worked out a new deal with the Packers this week, he says there would be no cause to complain. Matthews said on SiriusXM NFL Radio that

“We like to keep everything in-house, make sure we handle our business professionally,” Matthews said, via the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “There is not a lot of buzz around these contract negotiations, as well as Aaron’s here in the near future. So I’m sure we will wake up one day and hopefully they will announce he is the highest-paid quarterback. In the meantime, you are not going to be hearing much grumbling from anyone.”

ProFootballTalk  wrote:

I can't see how paying this much money to so few players is going to be good.

Lord knows I love 'em, but I love other players on this team too.

Friggin' Flacco getiing that money, what a crappy "bar" that set.

None of this is good for us, imo

Originally Posted by: dfosterf 

Elite players get elite contracts. We're lucky enough to have one on both sides of the ball. Lots of teams would gladly change places.

Originally Posted by: DakotaT 

I understand that, but to me the whole compensation system remains too skewed towards the "elite" players. I would have expected that you, as a commie, would have been the first to understand and appreciate my concerns. 😆

Originally Posted by: dfosterf 

I understand that, but to me the whole compensation system remains too skewed towards the "elite" players. I would have expected that you, as a commie, would have been the first to understand and appreciate my concerns. 😆

Originally Posted by: dfosterf 

Cap should be expanding fairly significantly again in '15. Aaron's current contract seemed pretty big at the time he signed it.

Originally Posted by: nerdmann