3 MOVES Green Bay Can Make Thanks to the BACK

[Zool]

The rookie contract thing doesn't matter. If Jordan Love is a stud, it's a great move no matter what. If he's a bust, then it is a historically silly move - especially knowing how close they were and it will largely be Gooters legacy if he never wins a chip. The longer he sits the more likely he becomes a stud IMO. Of course, I still think they could flip him for a #1 in a year or two if he shows up - that said, that's not exactly an appreciating asset.

Disagree. It's a bad move, but not historically bad. Not trading an entire draft for Ricky Williams. Not drafting Mandarich in the middle of 4 HOF players bad. Not trading 8 players and picks for Hershel Walker bad.

It's not like they drafted Sam Bowie instead of Michael Jordan. The world could do with a lot less hyperbole. Things don't need to be the best or worst thing ever. They can just be.

[call_me_ishmael]

Disagree. It's a bad move, but not historically bad. Not trading an entire draft for Ricky Williams. Not drafting Mandarich in the middle of 4 HOF players bad. Not trading 8 players and picks for Hershel Walker bad.

It's not like they drafted Sam Bowie instead of Michael Jordan. The world could do with a lot less hyperbole. Things don't need to be the best or worst thing ever. They can just be.

Very fair, it certainly isn't historic like those moves. It will have just been a bad move.

[Fritz]

Disagree. It's a bad move, but not historically bad. Not trading an entire draft for Ricky Williams. Not drafting Mandarich in the middle of 4 HOF players bad. Not trading 8 players and picks for Hershel Walker bad.

It's not like they drafted Sam Bowie instead of Michael Jordan. The world could do with a lot less hyperbole. Things don't need to be the best or worst thing ever. They can just be.

THAT'S THE BEST POST EVER!!!!!!!

[Upnorth]

Disagree. It's a bad move, but not historically bad. Not trading an entire draft for Ricky Williams. Not drafting Mandarich in the middle of 4 HOF players bad. Not trading 8 players and picks for Hershel Walker bad.

It's not like they drafted Sam Bowie instead of Michael Jordan. The world could do with a lot less hyperbole. Things don't need to be the best or worst thing ever. They can just be.

I love this post. Thanks zool

[GB-Brandon]

This certainly doesn’t make me feel any better! Just Sounds like more “MINIMIZING” which is par for the course when it comes to the failures of the Packers front office. People should be held accountable and FIRED accordingly!! If an owner was involved you better believe more answers would need to be given then what has. It most likely cost us a WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP and now we’re dealing with the FALLOUT!!

#Minimize

[run pMc]

Drafting a QB wasn't a bad idea. The prior two seasons Rodgers was playing good but not elite, and drafting a successor (or backup/spot-starter) to a mid-30's aged QB isn't a terrible idea. I wasn't a fan of Jordan Love specifically, but maybe MLF can coach him into something starter-worthy. If not, it's not the worst thing EVAR; lots of R1 picks bust. Yes, even GB R1 picks.

I understand the hand-wringing over the opportunity cost of the pick, including trading a R4 to move up to pick him. Thing is, you can go thru the last 10 drafts and play "who should they have drafted" and it still won't matter because what's done is done.
It's a fun time-waster until you get worked up and repetitively post about it, when you really need a time-out in the corner.

As for moves GB can make, I want to see what the roster looks like once they get under the cap.

[GB-Brandon]

If it’s handcuffing you from making the Best Move Possible to give you the Most Common Sense Cap Relief Possible to position your roster to have the best chance moving forward to win a Championship then I would call that “Catastrophic” in more ways then one.

Add the two other potential starters on rookie contracts and it’s gut wrenching! I don’t know how you expect to get over the hump! The league is just too competitive to have to overcome all this.

Your burning top draft picks and can’t leverage the biggest contract on the team to create huge cap space? Not a good formula!!

[bobblehead]

Robert Francis Demovsky is predicted the Packers convert all of ARods money this year to a signing bonus so that essentially frees up 22M/3 years so about 14.6M this year.

If you do this you try and move Love. Keeping him on the bench is pointless. Get a high 2nd for him if anyone is still interested.

[GB-Brandon]

If you do this you try and move Love. Keeping him on the bench is pointless. Get a high 2nd for him if anyone is still interested.

Then you do a 5 year and save MASSIVE Cap $! Gute isn’t gonna trade Love and that’s why none of this is gonna happen.

[Zool]

If you do this you try and move Love. Keeping him on the bench is pointless. Get a high 2nd for him if anyone is still interested.

Who is the backup QB?

[RashanGary]

Who is the backup QB?

That’s the part of the equation a bunch of people seem to miss. Rodgers will be 38 next season. If he misses games, a winning QB keeps us in the hunt. We’re in the hunt just about every year. Rodgers misses games every couple years. It will happen .

[Bretsky]

Who is the backup QB?

I don't think it was Love last year

[texaspackerbacker]

Love is irrelevant. It's strongly likely we can't/won't trade him, this year anyway. Keeping him on the roster may be pointless, but it certainly is no impediment to doing a long term deal to restructure Aaron Rodgers and keep him in Green Bay the rest of his career.

[King Friday]

If you do this you try and move Love. Keeping him on the bench is pointless. Get a high 2nd for him if anyone is still interested.

No one will give up anything for him. There are QB options all over the place this off-season, so why would Love be of interest to anyone? He's worth almost nothing at this point. It was a huge mistake to draft him.

QBs are starting to realize that playing for a bad team isn't good for their long term earning potential. Guys moving off their rookie deals will be far more demanding moving forward. Think a guy like Trevor Lawrence or Joe Burrow will remain with hapless organizations in the future...seeing the career arcs of Stafford or Watson?

I don't see the need to draft your QB for the future anymore. College QBs are coming into the league more ready and in greater numbers than ever before. Wasting a pick on a guy to sit around and learn won't pan out. A kid like Rodgers wouldn't last until the end of the first round anymore. Teams are far more impatient with QBs. There will probably be 4 or 5 taken in the first round this year, on top of all the FA options. Guys like Darnold, Wentz, Goff, Garrapolo, Prescott are being viewed as expendable because the inflow of talent has become so strong. If you think anyone would even give up a 5th round pick for Love at this point, you are smoking some good peyote.

[GB-Brandon]

^ Pretty much “All The Above”

And Too Hold the entire Franchise & Fan Base Hostage at this point and not get a Rodgers extension done to get Max Cap Relief(Which Leverages The $ On Your Best Player) for this Jordan Love guy would be a whole new level of INSANITY for the Packers Front Office!