Going into final season, few folks anticipated a lot out of the Inexperienced Bay Packers after they traded away future Corridor of Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who had been the face of their franchise for 15 years.
The commerce handed the keys of the franchise over to Jordan Love, who had been drafted in 2020 and talked about as Rodgers’ inheritor obvious, however had completed nothing to show he was deserving of being Rodgers’ successor.
However after some early struggles, Love performed very effectively in November, December and January, and he took Inexperienced Bay to the divisional spherical of the playoffs, the place they blew a third-quarter lead and misplaced to the San Francisco 49ers.
Now, Love is seen as an elite QB within the making, and Louis Reddick stated on ESPN’s “NFL Live” that the Packers want to offer Love an extension now.
.@LRiddickESPN says Inexperienced Bay cannot hesitate on getting Jordan Love paid 👀
“Just go ahead and get it done now because he is the future.” pic.twitter.com/4Ea6OH3t74
— NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) June 21, 2024
Joe Burrow and Trevor Lawrence just lately acquired extensions that can pay them $55 million a 12 months, and one might count on the marketplace for good and nice QBs to proceed to go up within the coming months.
Love is heading into the ultimate 12 months of his contract, and if the Packers wait to get a deal completed, they might find yourself having to pay him more cash than they’d in the event that they get a deal completed this offseason.
They’ve a really promising quartet of younger huge receivers, and a few really feel they’ll problem the Detroit Lions for first place within the NFC North and maybe actually have a shot at reaching the Tremendous Bowl this coming season.
