Once more, the Inexperienced Bay Packers are within the enviable place of getting a promising younger star quarterback whom they should safe for the long run.
Jordan Love clearly spent his two years making ready behind Aaron Rodgers effectively, and he broke out in an enormous approach in 2023 in his first 12 months as a full-time starter.
Love led the group to a rebound within the season’s second half and marched the Pack to a playoff win in Dallas and inside an eyelash of upsetting the mighty 49ers.
Now it’s time for Inexperienced Bay to pay up, and Love is aware of he’s within the driver’s seat.
NFL insider Michael Lombardi advised Pat McAfee that the Packers and Love “are gonna have to find a way to meet in the middle…I think he’s played great but these are hard contracts to do.”
“The Packers and Jordan Love are gonna should discover a approach to meet within the center..
I feel he is performed nice however these are the exhausting contracts to do” ~ @mlombardiNFL #PMSLive pic.twitter.com/rFkfP0tijG
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) June 27, 2024
The rookie contract is shortly winding down and have to be changed.
However Lombardi and others argue that Love’s physique of high quality work spans roughly half a season, and that will not be sufficient to persuade group administration to fork over a top-dollar deal.
Within the vary, as an illustration, of Trevor Lawrence’s $275 million extension.
Lombardi famous that the group and Love’s representatives ought to discover a approach, whether or not by way of incentives or yearly will increase in wage, to get a deal carried out that’s passable for either side.
The uncertainty surrounding Love’s skill to duplicate the second half of final season makes negotiations tough.
Nevertheless, the shortage of high quality younger quarterback starters within the NFL might power the Pack’s hand.
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