Although all reports indicate that wide receiver Laveranues Coles is no longer unhappy to be a Jet, there are now conflicting reports about what kind of deal the player and the team have reached to make Coles happy.

Mark Cannizzaro of the New York Post reported early this morning that Coles agreed to an extension and had either two or three years added to his contract. Wrote Cannizzaro of the extension, “Initially the Jets offered to guarantee the remaining $11 million of his deal, but Coles said he was more concerned [with] the long-term security.”

But in a story posted at ESPN.com several hours after Cannizzaro’s story, Pat Yasinskas wrote that guaranteeing the $11 million is exactly what the Jets and Coles agreed to do, adding, “Coles had been seeking a contract extension, but guaranteeing the remaining two years is an apparent compromise between the team and the receiver.”

Either Cannizzaro or Yasinskas has the story wrong.

At first glance the difference between the two stories might seem insignificant because either way, the Jets and Coles will both say they’re happy with the deal and ready to move forward. But in reality, the difference could be huge: If Yasinskas’s story is correct, the Jets made a major concession by guaranteeing Coles’ salary without getting any additional years on the deal. Cannizzaro’s story leaves room for the possibility that Coles was the one who made the concession, pledging two or three more years to the Jets while getting no additional guaranteed money.