Tavon Austin gets a 4 year 42 million dollar extension...

And yet some will say that Jeffery is getting overpaid. Your worth will be determined by how much a team is willing to pay to keep you. You either pay your veterans, play with crappy free agents or rely on rookie contract players every year.

If they both have really good years I still think you pay Jeffery. The only way I would let Jeffery go is if White is a stud and another WR really steps up this year like Royal, Mariani, Meredith or Braverman.

I agree and said that to the Jeffery-injury-apologists on the old board.  All Pace wants to see is AJ have the type of year he's had before AND stay healthy (play at least 14 games).  Is that too much to ask?  There were some guys who were completely in denial that he was made of glass last year.

As for White, don't get your hopes up for this season.  I expect little from him based on what we have seen in PS.  

I looked up the recent top tier contracts for WR's on OTC and come away with to observations: First the top 3 or 4 WR contracts have significant injury guarantees (approx 50% of the contract is guaranteed). Second, no NFL team has given a WR a significant contract following a season where the player lost significant time due to injury.

So I assume that AJ is looking for an elite WR contract (Top 5 minimum).

If he is looking for a contract like Demarius Thomas ($70 million/$43.5 million in various guarantees), Julio Jones ($71 million/$35 million guaranteed), TY Hilton ($65 million/$11 million salary guarantee/$28 million injury guarantee), etc then AJ's health and consistent game availability becomes a significant issue to the Bears.

I think that AJ when healthy is a top 5 WR. He was very unlucky with injuries last year. If he has a very solid and relatively injury free year, I expect the Bears will happily give him a top 5 contract.

But I also think the Bears acted very prudently by not signing him to a big contract this off-season. And they were willing to risk paying him 3 or 3 million more per year next year as opposed to shelling out 30+ million in guaranteed money for a player who had missed close to 50% of his laying time last season.