Jordan Love‘s first season as a starter couldn’t have gone much better, but the former first-round pick only has a year remaining on his contract. Predictably, both Love and the Packers are interested in a long-term arrangement, and it sounds like both sides are motivated to complete a deal sooner than later.
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During an appearance on 97.3 The Game in Milwaukee, Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst acknowledged that the two sides are aiming for speedy negotiations.
“We’re in those conversations right now,” Gutekunst said. “I think the nice part about this is none of these things are easy or fast, but both parties want the same thing. We’d like to get this thing done before training camp, for sure, and both parties want to get a contract extension done. I think that stability at that position really allows you to have some security with the way we build our team. We’re looking forward to getting that done, but it never goes fast.”
The Packers and Love have just under two months to complete a deal before their first scheduled training camp practice on July 22. Of course, there’s no technical deadline and no real urgency to get a deal done that soon. On the flip side, even if training camp is an artificial deadline, the two sides surely don’t want the impending free agent QB to enter the regular season with lame-duck status.
While Love doesn’t have an extended track record, his 2023 campaign may be enough to rocket him towards the top of the QB market. We heard last month that Love’s next contract could end up “in [Joe] Burrow territory,” which comes in at a league-leading $55MM average annual value. Four quarterbacks reset the market last offseason (Burrow, Justin Herbert, Lamar Jackson and Jalen Hurts), and Jared Goff recently joined them in the $50MM AAV club. Once the likes of Trevor Lawrence, Tua Tagovailoa, and Dak Prescott ink their next deals, Love’s expected contract will look a bit more natural.
Last offseason, the Packers ripped up Love’s fifth-year option and replaced it with a one-year contract that offers a higher ceiling (and lower floor). If the QB continues his play from 2023, that arrangement should work out in his favor. Love finished his first season as a starter with 32 touchdowns vs. 11 interceptions, and he helped guide the Packers to their first playoff win since 2020.
I am sure Gutey will screw this up.
He’s running around his hometown here in Bakersfield for the next three weeks
la verdad: So what is the expectation for Gutekunst to screw this up?
What is the base line that you believe Love should sign for? What is Love’s agent expected to ask for? What do you believe a compromise contract should be? How much total money, how many years, how much is guaranteed, how much is backloaded, is it incentive loaded, and does Love get any trade control?
I’d like to see something along the lines of a 5yr $35M annual base with incentives up to $55M based on a selection of top 5 QB metrics being met, maybe $60M with a SB appearance, but no way he signs something like that I don’t think. An injury and your team is sunk, but that’s the NFL I guess. If they don’t pay him, someone else will.
kripes-brewers — BRAVO — That’s an awesome outline. It hit’s the spectrum.
Clearly not your first rodeo.
I really don’t care what deal the Packers offer Love just so long as it winds up Aaron Rodgers and gets him ranting about how “unappreciated’ he was 🙂
wait unti the Dak deal gets done and go from there.
Did well last year but I’m still not sold on him and think a huge deal will end up being regretted. Would like to see another year like the last one before committing a crazy amount of money to him. In this case I think the extra they spend if he does replicate last season will be worth it as opposed to rushing a deal to save money and then costing a fortune if he falls apart.
The Packers have made it clear that Love is their guy moving forward so nothing is gained by trying to use delaying tactics. It would only cost them more that way. The backups at QB are Sean Clifford and Michael Pratt so what leverage do those guys give the Packers?
Didn’t suggest delay tactics and leverage, I was speaking about making sure that humongous offer is warranted. They can say they’re all in based on how he looked last year, but if that was a fluke and they’re stuck with an albatross of a contract it can se them back quite a bit.
How can they make sure the offer is warranted without using a delaying tactic? I could see both Love and Stroud having a mild setback in their sophomore seasons (they are no longer under anyone’s radar) but these guys are the future for both teams so they’re going to get paid.
There’s a different between a delay tactic and doing your due diligence. Just saying the little bit saved of getting it done early are not worth the risk if he totally falls apart this season and they’re stuck with a contract that cripples the franchise moving forward. Teams are so starved for having their “franchise QB” that they’re in a rush, when you’re making a contract offer of this magnitude you need to ensure you truly have the right guy and the right numbers.
The NFL is business , GB will draft another QB in the next 2 yrs . Rodgers must be amused , has already earned all the $ he needs , has his SB ring , many MVP’s . In his heart he probably owns the packers
Rodgers got all the money he could have ever needed a decade ago. His SB ring was the 2010-2011 season and was his only appearance. He also disappeared in multiple NFC championship games and is getting loonier with every season. Packers fans appreciate what he did, I guess, but in general are very happy to have moved on from him.
Pack fans got out of the Rodgers business @perfect time. He is nuttier than a squirrels turd. CTE in real time. Ended up quite the princess diva too. Don’t think he gets through this season w/o another long-term injury. Ol man time never loses.
Ironic that “…floater” is speaking of “turds”; he’s not nutty, but those that want blame any football players behavior as being done due to CTE need to have their own heads examined. Outside of kicker/punter there are no positions in football that protect a player from head shots as much as they do QBs.