Two of the most important players on the Green Bay Packers' roster are negotiating to stay with the team. On the first day of mandatory minicamp, quarterback Jordan Love and defensive tackle Kenny Clark talked about their contract situation and how they expect it to unfold.

Jordan Love

General manager Brian Gutekunst had said he expects a deal done by the start of training camp in July. Jordan Love himself expressed a similar feeling.

Asked if he was optimistic about a deal done over the next few weeks and why, Love didn't talk much, but he was clear.

Jordan Love on where things stand with his contract extension. pic.twitter.com/pEem2bhGM6

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"Yes," he said. "It's what I've heard."

Last week, Gutekunst had mentioned how positive it is for everybody involved to get the extension done.

"We're in those conversations right now," Gutekunst told 97.3 The Game. "A nice part about this is none of these things are always easier fast. But both parties want the same thing, we'd like to get this done before training camp for sure. Both parties want to get a contract extension done.

Last offseason, it was time for the team to exercise Love's fifth-year option or not. So, in order not to guarantee Love a $20 million deal in 2024, the parties found a one-year, bridge contract that paid Love more money in 2023, but gave the Packers more flexibility. So now, Love is slated to make $11 million and count $12.575 million against the salary cap.

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Kenny Clark

The defensive tackle situation is not so obvious, because he's already getting to his third NFL contract — and those didn't come very often for the Packers.

Josh Queipo and Kyle Dediminicantanio, from A to Z Sports, projected that Clark will get a three-year, $67.5 million extension ($22.5 million per season). And that might be even more than that, based on how the interior defensive linemen market has gone this offseason.

Either way, Kenny Clark told John Miller, from NBC 26, that he and the Packers are already talking about a new deal.

Entering the last year of his deal Kenny Clark told me in the locker room today that his camp and the #Packers have talked about an extension and that he wants to end his career in Green Bay.

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Clark is slated to make $17 million this year. But, as the Packers have restructured his deal several times over the last few years, he will count $27.49 million against the cap in 2024, also leaving $13.747 million of dead money in 2025 if a new deal doesn't get done.

Love and Clark are the two most important players on the Packers' roster entering a contract season, and the front office is operating as such.

Packers GM shares latest update on Jordan Love’s extension

Both sides want a new deal soon