What’s your early take on Jordan Love?

[Vincenzo]

What a shocker first round pick, IMO. Lindy’s draft magazine had him ranked as the 6th best QB in this years draft class.
What’s your early feeling on Love?

[oldbutnotdeadyet]

What a shocker first round pick, IMO. Lindy’s draft magazine had him ranked as the 6th best QB in this years draft class.
What’s your early feeling on Love?

I feel the Packers believe they have found a formula taking raw unproven QBs and molding them into superstars, even though my personal belief is they have just been lucky with a once in a lifetime combination of Favre and Rodgers. Me thinks the law of probability will be a bitch...

[ThunderDan]

A complete waste of a pick. He isn’t playing for 2 years with ARods contract at best and most likely not until 2024 and beyond.

Gute just put himself on the hot seat in my opinion. If we regress back towards 6-10 there is going to be rumblings in Packerland.

[mraynrand]

. Me thinks the law of probability will be a bitch...

I would feel the same way if I thought bringing in QBs was a random roll of the dice prospect. But I have some confidence in the Packers selecting franchise QBs over organizations like Cleveland and the Bears. It’s not a stochastic process so I think there’s a far better than 50-50 chance this kid is the next successful face of the organization.

[Bossman641]

However, there are some critical differences between the two choices. In 2005, Rodgers was a top-notch prospect some thought could be the no. 1 pick in the draft who inexplicably fell to the Packers late in the first round. This time around, the Packers traded up to snag one of the shakiest quarterbacks in the draft. Love checked in at no. 32 on Danny Kelly’s Big Board after a junior season in which he led all FBS quarterbacks with 17 interceptions despite the modest quality of play in the Mountain West conference; Rodgers threw only a total 13 interceptions in his two seasons at Cal. I don’t get why the Packers needed to trade up—they had the 30th pick, but gave up a fourth-rounder to bypass the Dolphins (who had already drafted Tagovailoa), the Seahawks (who have Russell Wilson), the Ravens (who have reigning MVP Lamar Jackson), and the Titans (who just gave a huge extension to Ryan Tannehill).

The choice is made stranger by the fact that the Packers are essentially incapable of moving on from Rodgers until 2022. He has at least $30 million cap hits in each of the next two seasons, and Green Bay would have to eat that cap space if it traded or cut him. It’s also worth noting that Aaron Rodgers is one of the league’s premier grudge-holders. Hopefully he’s on board with the team’s decision to draft his successor!

The Packers had a chance to improve their roster in the waning years of Rodgers’s career; instead they gave up assets to make a questionable choice about his eventual replacement, knowing he likely won’t play for at least two seasons. They tried to re-create the magic of the Rodgers pick, but seem to have ignored all the reasons the Rodgers pick was impossible to re-create.

https://www.theringer.com/2020/4/24/21234151/winners-losers-draft-jordan-love-kliff-kingsbury-roger-goodell

[mraynrand]

“It’s worth noting Rodgers is one of the leagues premier grudge holders.”

Also, they can’t afford to get rid of him until 2022.

So Unless there is an injury, Love won’t see the field for two years. Is Rodgers going to ‘hold a grudge’ by tanking the team the next two years? Wouldn’t that just prove the Packers wise to draft a QB.

Seems the grudge holder will more likely get pissed and play lights out to make the Packers regret having to make a tough choice in 2022.

[Bossman641]

I'm not worried about the Rodgers grudge factor. I'm pissed at the fact we drafted a guy who won't see the field for 2 or 3 years. This isn't the 90's or 2000's where qb's sit for years. You draft a qb to take advantage of the cheap years on his rookie deal.

[Packers4Glory]

well, I'll say this pick makes more sense than Gary at 12 last year..but Gary at 12 last year makes drafting another project, one that is going to sit for the next 3 years barring an injury perplexing.

I liked Love a lot prior to the draft. If he's got the head they can coach him up because he his physical traits and mechanics don't need much work.

[Upnorth]

If we get 2018 love in 3 or 4 years good to great pick. If we get 2019 love in 3 or 4 years then this will be stupid!
I would have preferred a wr or ilb...

Low completion percentage and low net ypa, I don't like at all.

[MadtownPacker]

It was time to draft the future.

[mraynrand]

You draft a qb to take advantage of the cheap years on his rookie deal.

Sure, it’s nice work if you can get it. More teams seem to be gambling on this model, but I’m not convinced it routinely works.

I believe the time to draft a QB to replace your franchise QB is before you need him. I’m not thrilled at the prospect of relying on a rookie QB.

Of course, there is a huge difference between the Packers and other franchises. Packers aren’t routinely drafting a QB at the top of the first round for a reason. Teams that draft the high QB expect him to play right away, mostly because the position is open.

[Bretsky]

I'm not worried about the Rodgers grudge factor. I'm pissed at the fact we drafted a guy who won't see the field for 2 or 3 years. This isn't the 90's or 2000's where qb's sit for years. You draft a qb to take advantage of the cheap years on his rookie deal.

THIS

[mraynrand]

Good size, Good feet, fast adjustment, quick ball release, strong arm, accurate both in pocket and on the move, 27 Wonderlic

That’s what I like.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Good size, Good feet, fast adjustment, quick ball release, strong arm, accurate both in pocket and on the move, 27 Wonderlic

That’s what I like.

Poor man's Jason Campbell.

[Bretsky]

Talent is there IMO; said that for months

The bads: Decision making, bad reads, and character risk