'Ultimately, the Packers made a mistake by drafting Love. Now it’s time to get something back. ' Sure Cory, as it may turn out, you may be correct. However, we don't know that yet. If you think back, Rodgers played like crap the previous two years. Then they draft Love, and boom Rodgers plays stellar. Yes we had a coaching change, but isn't it possible that drafting Love may have had a part in this? Not sure if anyone knows for sure.

'General manager Brian Gutekunst already admitted he made a mistake by trading up in the 2020 NFL Draft to take Love when he gave Rodgers four more years.' I did not read Gute's admission on making this mistake and I don't believe you did either. Someone please correct me if I am wrong.

As far as getting rid of Love and bringing back Boyle? I certainly disagree with that. We need to trust the FO to make the right decision on that matter.

Not unless they get a stud WR or a top-20 draft pick. Anything else, roll with what you got. 38.5 year-old QB? Yeah, a quality back-up still makes sense.

Actually, the QB market was white-hot. Then, needy teams started filling their needs with trades. Garoppolo is injury prone, but also a proven commodity who can be a game manager when healthy. Love is still an unknown. That he hasn't been injured is because he has been sitting on the sidelines. What if, for example, Rodgers somehow manages to perform well in the playoffs, and the Packers win a Super Bowl this year. Would Rodgers retire while at the peak? Because if he did, the Packers would not only be cash strapped, but wouldn't have a QB who is familiar with the system and his teammates. What is the cost of keeping Love around? A bit over $3 million a year on the cap. Cheap insurance, just in case.

Cory, as you stated Jordan Love can be very good QB tomorrow. What if Packers trade him only to see he become HOFer? How stupid than Packers will look?

For all of the fans claiming he is bust, I admit that he can be bust. But, we do not know that for sure. He can turn to be either, HOFer or bust or anything in between.

Second, Brian Gutekunst already turned down some offers for Love, as reported. So, it is likely Packers will keep him. Yes, he needs at least one more year under his belt. And I hope he will show substantial progress.

AR apologists preach patience. I agree Packers should follow that path with Jordan Love. Tom Brady was 6th round pick, Wilson was 4th round pick, even AR was late 1st round pick. Jordan Love came to NFL from small school, where he shows high level talent, before he was left to lead his team under bad conditions regarding game plans of new coach, under achievers at receiving team and with bad OL. Give him some more time before we expect good play from him...

I agree Cory. Bench warmer - 3 mil. plus in salary, and a 2nd rd. pick = Gone. Our Free Agents are going to test the market. We don't have the money to resign them. . So Campbell will go to Settle. MVS to the Vikings. Douglas to the Lions. And throw in a couple more Leaving. Gute can't change their thinking. But he can change the future with the LOVE picks/&/ Comp picks. AS MUCH AS WR sets his draft. The defense is going to need new players. I doubt they pay Lowrey. And the hole is always at LB. So my hope is that they get as many 2nd rd. picks as possible. And just forget about that option year.

Two second rounders?! Hahahahahahaha! That’s rich. What did they get for Gumby Hundley? A 6th rounder ? That should be your benchmark .

Depending on what is offered this is a very tough decision. The Packers know best what potential Love has so they have an upper hand from our thoughts.

You never know what a GM will give for an unproven, with upside QB. Unless your in your 20’s, we all remember Ron Wolf trading for Brett Favre giving up a 1st round draft pick for an unproven QB. One that Atlanta wanted to send down the road because, he was 20lbs overweight due to a terrible diet, drank way to much, showed up late for meetings and didn’t know the playbook. One who had 4 passes and 2INT to show the league. Wolf had a crush on Favre and you never know if someone has the same for Love.

We still don’t know what Rodgers contract will look like. If the Packers are pretty certain he will be with them for 3 years then Love will go thru his contract without possibly playing another regular season down or enough meaningful downs to show the league his potential value.

I’d say if a 1st round draft pick is offered, especially a high one, you have to strongly considered trading him, anything less I don’t think they will or should IF they like his potential. If they don’t like his potential, Ala Atlanta with Favre, you get what you can for him. If the Packers feel Love gives them the best chance to win, if Rodgers goes down, you keep him. I doubt any of us know what the Packers feel about his potential. Some on this site have written Love off, but that is premature thinking.

The Packers were able to get a Rd1 QB. After having his rookie year wiped out by Covid, he's had basically one game in one season. It's too early to tell what they have.

Keep him as the backup at least one more year.

I want to see the exact details of Rodgers contract first...Andrew Brandt could be correct...a one year bridge to try and win a Super Bowl blefore they transition to Love.

Keep Jordan Love.

Its just that simple.

Tom Clements was brought in for a reason. Giving AR neck rubs is NOT that reason.

TC is in GB to teach and mentor Love just as he did AR in his early years. BG is going to give Love every opportunity to follow in the gb QB tradition and rightfully so. Loves NFL career has been a shit show due to pandemic related issues and being brought in behind a temperamental diva superstar aging perrenial all-pro future hall of fame QB. Not an easy road to walk and yet he has performed better than AR did in his first couple years.

Remember the friction between AR and BF? I do. Have you seen any of that with AR and JL? I havent. Credit to both AR and JL for finding a way to make the QB room work.

It would be absolutely STOOPID to ship Jordan love out of gb now. End of story! (In my best Tony Soprano voice)

I’m not averse to trading Love if the right offer were to be made, but in an all in season with an older QB, we need a backup at least as good or better, and that may cost more than we can pay.

There’s a lot of opinion on who Love is and will be. That’s all BS, since we really don’t know and can’t. The Packers have to make a call on whether they can find a similarly affordable alternative who can be a more effective placeholder than Love. They are the only ones who are in a position to determine what that really means.

Unless Benkert was a steal among steals, the key is not wasting more cap for less this year. When it comes to back up QB, Love may be more valuable here at this point if Rodgers goes down.

I would definitely NOT trade Love. Could you imagine how Aaron "Charles in Charge" Rodgers (1980s sitcom) would treat the FO and Packer fan base then?

I agree with Hawk on some of your "assumptive facts" in this piece. I've yet to hear any formal statement from Gutey that Love was a mistake.....assuming AR's resigning is a statement by Gutey is not factual. Timing is Gutey's challenge, who would have expected AR's MVP level play after Love was drafted? He did what any sane GM would do after these past two MVP seasons, he resigned his franchise QB. But that's not admitting to a mistake, that's doing your job as a sensible GM. I'm actually on the side of keeping Love.

IMO, I don't see AR playing thru all four years of his contract. If he's gone after two years, there's not a deep QB draft class this year, so that leaves us with drafting a starter ready QB in 2023 or making another brilliant "Favre trade" with another team. That's a big ask......I'll take my chances with keeping Love and continuing his further development.

Of course this article is click bait, but those people wanting to trade Love crack me up! That he is a bust, or let's try getting anywhere from a 5th round pick to a 2nd round pick. Yea, the Packers gave up a 1st and a 4th to acquire him. Now he has two full years of experience under his belt and let's take a major loss on him. To make matters even worse let's not have anyone else as a back up QB, so then we can go rent a bad back up QB for over $5,000,000 more than we are paying Love a year. Yea, we are going all in this year but we don't want a back-up QB to plug in and play should we need him for two or six games to give ourselves an opportunity to win till Rodgers gets back. Thank God none of you have zilch to do with decision making for the Packers.

Love costs $3.77 million right now and the average cost for a viable NFL journeyman back-up QB in today's market is over $8 million.

Yes, let's trade Love...knee jerk reaction! Let's further screw the future of the Packers in so many ways. Any trade would need to be very favorable to the Packers in my opinion so hard to envision anyone willing to give up what it would require. Love remains in GB as their insurance policy and heir apparent once Rodgers is gone.

I was in the "hoping to trade AR" camp. After the upcoming season the packers braintrust will have to decide on Love's option, which will be nearly $20 million. By trading AR, they would have additional high draft picks and an opportunity to reload rather than rebuild. Would also have a realistic chance of getting the cap under control moving forward rather than just pushing it down the road. Since the chance to see whether Love can be a viable starter has evaporated in GB, why not consider trading him? Exercising the option without knowing would be lunacy. If a team were to offer say a 2nd and a 5th or a 3rd and 4th, they should pull the trigger. People have to remember that in AR's first live action against the Ravens, he looked horrible. Later against Dallas you could see he was a real player. Is Love a real player? Nobody knows yet.

Cory, and a few commenters here, are stating facts not yet put in evidence.

We do not know the details of an Aaron Rodgers contract because there is no Aaron Rodgers contract. All we know for certain is that Rodgers is coming back... for how much, and for how long is NOT yet known. When word comes down from the front office or from Aaron Rodgers himself, then you can start writing articles with as many suppositions as necessary. Until then, these are merely hypothetical word exercises.

They made a mistake signing the Drama Queen.

Cory, when did Gutey admit he made a mistake drafting Love? That is not reporting, that is stating an opinion and presenting it as fact.

Gutey is not interested in trading Love per Gutey. Just a few weeks ago he was telling reporters he is “very doubtful” the organization would take a trade call for the young quarterback.

Now, if a team in the top 10 of the first round were willing to trade their pick....take that call. I am "very doubtful" that will happen.

Plus, the Pack is not short on cash to absorb Love's $3+ M contract. They are short of cap space and trading Love would save them only $94K under the SC if traded before the draft.

I am very pleased Gutey did not listen to the fans who called Gary a "bust" after his first year...he won't listen the the trade Love crowd this time either.

Tim effining Boyle? Are you serious?

Did you see Tim Boyle play QB last year?

Who cares that he was a "fan favorite"? Here's a news flash, Tim Boyle never showed he had anywhere close to NFL level accuracy, but all those fans thought otherwise. Sometimes, fans are wrong. I don't care about fan favorite.

And who on god's green earth gives a rat's ass if bringing Boyle back would make Aaron Rodgers happy or not?

Tim effing Boyle.. GTFOWTS.

The nightmare is watching Love ascend while Rodgers declines.
It's tough to tell, but I think Jordan Love can be a top-ten quarterback in the NFL.
Already he's shown a good arm and good mobility. He fights through adversity during a game. He seems to have some of the look of Josh Allen and Dak Prescott.
What's more he's been a class act of quietly going about his business when many fans are upset about the Packers drafting him in the first place.
Oh, how I wish Love was our quarterback going into next season!
Just to be free of Aaron Rodgers dwelling on himself in public would be such a relief. Even better would be knowing that our team wasn't under the thumb of an arrogant and controlling jerk with delusions of grandeur about himself, but with a poor track record in the playoffs as far as the reality of leading a team to victory.
Would that we shop Rodgers around to other teams rather than Love. It could still happen to save the Packers and their fans the continuing misery of a manipulative and domineering jerk as the face of our franchise.
The thought of his ongoing pretentions is almost unbearable. Please, rid ourselves of Rodgers!!!

Corey I respect and will continue to read your articles you do a great job . I differ on this Jordan Love Article.

Reasons : First and foremost we have no idea what Aaron Rodgers contract looks like . Does it it lock him in for just this season or 2 or 3 years ? Only Aaron and the Packers know this .

Jordan Love can't be judged on way or another regardless of what Twitter or the Dolts on Nfl Live etc say . He at this point could be an All Pro an Bust a Back up Average Starter etc. Only thing we know is he can't beat out the back to back MVP. Well who can ?

No reason to trade him unless you get a young stud on a rookie contract or a first round pick (Which will never happen) . What is the upside for the packers trading him right now for anything less. Is a 2nd round pick gonna help them win a super bowl ?

First, a fun fact - since Love was drafted he has as many playoff wins as Rodgers.

Secondly, the FO has a tendency of hanging on to their personnel one (or more) years too long - whether it be GMs, Coaches or Players. In this case, it should augur well for Love.

Thirdly, the Packers are in need of a backup QB who can step-in for Rodgers should he not be able to start. This becomes more of a possibility as Rodgers becomes more susceptible to injuries because of his age (like a little toe). So Love is the best choice.

Fourthly, a final grade on Love is not possible until he plays a number of games. Like 3 yr. old thoroughbreds vying for the Kentucky Derby - he/they may be capable of vast improvements over a relatively short period of time/games.

Fifthly - he's cheap. And because of the team's contorted salary cap - that's very important.

So in short, there should be no hot iron to strike.

I guarantee you, if Rodgers is injured and unable to play, our backup QB is going to be worth a helluva more than any second round draft pick.

Second, why wouldn't Love have even more value after another year of internship, weightlifting, coaching, film study, practice, exhibitions, etc.?

Third, what if after this season Rodgers says "I'm done"? Or maybe he says he'll play one more year. What's the plan then? Sure would be nice to have Love on the roster then, wouldn't it?

In short, Love is insurance AND an investment asset at the same time. Again, much more valuable than some second round draft pick.

Love cost a fourth rounder to move up a few spots in late round one as a somewhat a developmental prospect. It was a reasonable risk in those circumstances rather than wait until they're desperate and have to give up a boatload of high picks to draft a QB who would still be a risk.

They need to see more of what they have with Love in the 2022 preseason and, if necessary, in the regular season before they try to trade him.

Keep Love. He’s a good project and knows the system. So far he’s a good investment, I just wish he had that attitude that a gamer has. Like Tyler Huntley.

Trade Love for Taylor Heinicke or Ty Huntley.