The Packers’ quarterback depth chart may change soon. Green Bay is not planning to tender restricted free agent Tim Boyle, Mike Garafolo of NFL.com notes (video link).
Boyle has served as Aaron Rodgers‘ backup, a role he held over Jordan Love throughout the 2020 season. Love, however, could be set to move up. It would cost Green Bay $2.2MM to tender Boyle at the original-round level. He will now become an unrestricted free agent.
While the Packers could opt to retain Boyle at a lower cost, it would make sense for Love to move up and begin to dress for games in his second season. Almost every quarterback chosen in Round 1 since Rodgers has started games as a rookie; Love was not even active for any Packers contests. He is expected to be Green Bay’s QB2 next season, Garafolo adds.
A UDFA out of Eastern Kentucky, Boyle has not started a game for the Packers. He has worked in mop-up duty frequently, playing in 11 contests over the past two seasons. The Packers allowed Brett Hundley to defect to the Cardinals in free agency in 2019, leaving Boyle behind Rodgers. Despite the team trading up for Love last year, Boyle remained the team’s top backup.
Cut that big TURD named Love… He’s garbage!! Boyle is 3x’s better than Love…
And you would know this how?
Go watch some tape
Aaron? Is that you?
Tim Boyle is that you?
Makes sense money wise….you have love now. Just sign a practice squad 3rd stringer after the draft….maybe Boyle
Great use of a first round pick, doesn’t even suit up in year one, maybe if they stayed someone that could help now they wouldn’t have list to the Bucs.
99.9% of Packer fans agree with this.
I never thought I’d see the day you said something halfway intelligent.
99.9% does not believe this. Just the same whiners that probably complained about drafting Rodgers.
Boyle could surprise people. He may compare favorably to some highly drafted but iffy starters like Trubisky, Locke, Jones etc.
I wouldn’t be surprised to see teams carry only two QBs this year with the lowered cap. Not sure if the NFL is planning to continue COVID-related rules on the practice squad in 2021, but if they do you can stash some minimum salary veteran backup QBs there.
Where’s 20/40? It’s not often you miss the chance at a GB QB article to give us all some sort of get-rid-of-Rodgers diatribe.
Hes busy telling us “GB doesn’t need a second legit wr cuz he’d take targets away from Adams.”