As Muhammad Wilkerson still waits on a long-term contract from the Jets, the Saints on Tuesday signed defensive end Cameron Jordan to a lucrative extension worth $33.8 million in guaranteed money, according to Mike Garafolo of Fox Sports.

Jordan, like Wilkerson, was taken in the first round of the 2011 draft. And minutes after that news hit the internet, Wilkerson responded:

Yup I see how this works — Muhammad Wilkerson (@mowilkerson) June 2, 2015

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Wilkerson has chosen to bypass the voluntary portion of the Jets' offseason program while he waits on a new deal. He's due to make $6.9 million this season, which is far below what he might get on the open market, where he's believed to be able to command as much as $40 million in guarantees. But because they have him under contract, and because they just drafted USC's Leonard Williams in the first round, the Jets don't appear to have any urgency to cut Wilkerson an extension anytime soon. Wilkerson indeed sees how this works—the NFL is a business, and a cold one, at that—but he also may have to wait to get that payday he so richly deserves.

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