The Inexperienced Bay Packers made enormous quarterback information at the moment, and it didn’t contain the inheritor obvious Jordan Love.
Although hypothesis was rampant, Aaron Rodgers didn’t retire or go away his workforce.
As a substitute, he signed a mammoth contract to stick with the Inexperienced Bay Packers in 2022.
Preliminary studies of the contract had it at 4 years and $200 million however Rogers himself got here out on Twitter to appropriate the document on that.
The #Packers and MVP QB Aaron Rodgers have agreed to phrases on a 4-year, $200M deal that makes him the best paid participant in NFL historical past, sources say. He will get a whopping $153M assured and his cap quantity goes down. A monstrous dedication by GB for years to come back. 💰 💰 💰
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 8, 2022
Hey everybody, simply wished to clear some issues up; YES I will probably be taking part in with the @packers subsequent yr, nonetheless, studies about me signing a contract are inaccurate, as are the supposed phrases of the contract I “signed”. I’m very excited to be again 💪🏼 #year18❤️
— Aaron Rodgers (@AaronRodgers12) March 8, 2022
So with out realizing the precise size or greenback determine of the contract, it’s nonetheless protected to say this growth doesn’t bode properly for Jordan Love.
Love-Much less In Inexperienced Bay
Let’s assume that Rodgers who will flip 39 in December performs at the very least two extra seasons.
And now Jordan Love’s actuality in Inexperienced Bay shapes up quite a bit like Jimmy Garoppolo’s did in New England—the all-timer in entrance of him is just going to run the clock out on the possibility he has to begin for the workforce that drafted him.
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) March 8, 2022
Meaning Love is sitting on the bench making roughly $3 million per yr.
The Packers don’t imagine they will win with Love, or they’d not have thrown large {dollars} at Rodgers to maintain him in Inexperienced Bay.
If Jordan Love confirmed any inclination of being a legit franchise QB this could not have occurred
— Ryan (@datboywolf) March 8, 2022
He additionally doesn’t wish to comply with the Rodgers retirement tour so all bets are that the Packers will store him round at the very least for some draft picks.
The place May Love Go?
There are many groups that want beginning quarterbacks.
The Packers ought to attempt to commerce Jordan Love earlier than the NFL Draft:
* Inventory will solely go down the much less he performs
* Weak QB class means he has extra worth than post-draft
— Matt Miller (@nfldraftscout) March 8, 2022
With Rodgers and Russell Wilson‘s fates now decided, that leaves Jimmy Garoppolo as the opposite veteran prospect hanging on the market for Seattle, New Orleans, or Washington.
May Love find yourself in Seattle and immersed in a quarterback competitors with Drew Lock for the QB1 job?
Nobody is aware of what the Saints may do with Sean Payton gone, and Washington is unquestionably out there for a quarterback, however it’s unclear how they’re planning to get one.
Then, there are the groups coping with retirements of future Corridor of Famers, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
May a type of Tremendous Bowl Champion coaches, Mike Tomlin or Bruce Arians, take an opportunity on Love?
What If He Stays?
There may be at all times the likelihood that Love stays in Inexperienced Bay.
They want some sort of insurance coverage ought to Rogers get damage.
The workforce traded as much as get him within the 2020 NFL Draft, a transfer that now appears silly given every little thing that has occurred since.
PSA: The drafting of Jordan Love can solely be considered by means of the lens of the actual fact on the time. Not even Aaron Rodgers greatest supporters may have seen him being again to again MVP after 2017-18.
— Massive B (@bigpackers4x) March 8, 2022
One other risk is that he could possibly be traded within the preseason as coaching camp commences.
If a workforce isn’t planning to supply draft picks, the Packers don’t have any sense of urgency to maneuver him.
Conclusion
The Packers retaining Rodgers and Davante Adams, through franchise tag, means one factor.
The #Packers have now formally franchise tagged WR Davante Adams, supply stated.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 8, 2022
They imagine they will win now so the advantages outweigh the prices of retaining these two star gamers.
If the Packers fail to win the NFC Championship throughout the 2022 season, count on the speak to start but once more about what Rodgers will do in 2023.
We all know the reply for now, however in a yr, we could possibly be again right here once more, for the third straight time with Rodgers and Inexperienced Bay.
