Again, we need the Love Machine

[Jaire]

Ummm...you're hurt dude. Worse than you think. We don't want to cause any long-term issues, so for your own good we're going to sit you.

I have wondered often on this site why so many of you were so down on Love. He's never had any extended playing time at all, yet people were writing him off as a bust.

For me, it's how he has carried himself in pressers. Hopefully, he matures. We'll see. I too would like to see him get more playing time this year, and wish him the best.

[Teamcheez1]

The Packers have a 1.1% chance of earning a wild card berth, per Sportsline projections.

[Joemailman]

The Packers have a 1.1% chance of earning a wild card berth, per Sportsline projections.

[Fritz]

For me, it's how he has carried himself in pressers. Hopefully, he matures. We'll see. I too would like to see him get more playing time this year, and wish him the best.

I'm curious as to what you saw that you didn't like.

I confess I never watched the guy in a press conference, so I am wondering what you saw there.

[run pMc]

The Packers aren't going to make the playoffs. They have lost too many tiebreakers such that even if they win out, 9 wins probably doesn't get them in. Going 1-3 against the NFCE hurts them, especially since the entire NFCE is in the playoff hunt.

If Rodgers has broken ribs or an oblique injury that impacts his throwing motion you sit him. He already has a broken thumb that some reports claim will need surgery. How's he going to throw downfield if he can't torque his body or grip the ball in cold weather? Throw left handed instead?

I'm fine with giving Love a chance to play and show what he's got.
If Rodgers wants to come back and play next year you let him. Dude is enough of a psycho where I could see him wanting to return with a vengeance just as easily as him wandering off into the wilderness to trip balls on ayahuasca. (I also think he doesn't want to retire same year as Brady and have to share the stage and limelight with him in Canton.)

There's not a lot left to play for, maybe some pride against the Rams and the NFCN teams...but playing for the postseason is a pipe dream. They don't have much to lose by playing their young players to see if they are any good. They will need to know if Love is any good, and they won't know if he doesn't get extended playing time.

[bobblehead]

Ummm...you're hurt dude. Worse than you think. We don't want to cause any long-term issues, so for your own good we're going to sit you.

I have wondered often on this site why so many of you were so down on Love. He's never had any extended playing time at all, yet people were writing him off as a bust.

We won't know until the guy gets to play for several games. I've been on board with him - he is in only his third season and his first was a washout because of Covid. Plus Arod sat for three years too.

So now's the time to find out. It's time for this organization to show some balls and shut down Rodgers. If Love works out, great. If he doesn't work out, then you ship them both out (at this point could you get maybe a second for Rodgers? What a mistake not to trade him last offseason).

But do you want Rodgers coming back next season? Any more than you want Joe Barely back?

Tex would call me a fool and worse for suggesting such heresy, but I notice that since this season went south Tex and his loudmouth black-and-white bullshit have been notoriously absent from Packerrats. I do hope it's out of shame and that nothing bad has happened to him personally.

I suppose the other option is to kowtow to Rodgers so he doesn't cause trouble, then trade him in the offseason anyway. But you can only really do that if you're confident that you already know whether Love is or is not your QB of the future.

Whats funnier yet is those who tore their hair out over him being an epic flop (I was NOT one of them), are now totally amped over 2 drives against prevent D in which the big play was Watson's speed, not anything Love did.

[bobblehead]

I'm curious as to what you saw that you didn't like.

I confess I never watched the guy in a press conference, so I am wondering what you saw there.

Jaire has been an ARid apologist all year. What he saw was "not rodgers" and he didn't like it.

[Joemailman]

Love has handled his situation with nothing but class the last 3 years. But I would think he has to be getting into the "play me or trade me" phase once this season is over. He has progressed enough that he deserves a chance to show he can be a starter QB in the NFL. It's not happening in Green Bay as long as Rodgers is here.

[Teamcheez1]

From MLF presser today:

When asked the “Rodgers or Love” question, LaFleur said, “We’ve got a lot of faith in both of those guys, but Aaron’s the starting quarterback. He’s battled through a lot over the course of his career. I think it’s well-documented and I think he’s been able to play at a pretty high level through a lot of different situations.”

He also reiterated that if Rodgers can start, he will start. Despite Rodgers’ comments about pushing through injury until at least the team is out of playoff contention completely, LaFleur claimed, “We have not even gone down that road.” When asked if there was any potential for Love to start games should the Packers be eliminated from the postseason race, the fourth-year head coach said the team is taking a “one game at a time” approach to the situation.

So even if AR needs a walker to take the field, he’s playing.

[Jaire]

Jaire has been an ARid apologist all year. What he saw was "not rodgers" and he didn't like it.

While an AR apologist, that wasn't it. It began with his wearing the Laker's hat. That might have been after the KC game. LIS, maybe just immaturity: I overestimate the 'maturity' and how much is needed for NFL QB, I think.

[Teamcheez1]

I know if we trade Love his contract is minimal.

If we trade Rodgers, assuming he played for two more years, what does the team we trade him to have to pay for 2023 & 2024? I’m not suggesting we trade him, but the sports talk shows today kept referencing the huge contract a team would inherit trading for AR. I thought we shouldered most of the burden with his signing bonus.

[Sparkey]

JL - All throws in week 12 game.

https://youtu.be/iu-xeb0BF5M

His throwing is tighter and quicker. I remember it looking long and exaggerated.

The back shoulder throw to Jones was perfect.

Note:. Watch Watson run the route on his td. #22 did not expect the quick turn inside and how quickly he accelerated.

I want to see Love in a whole game. How he handles himself as the game plays out. I liked what I saw.

[NewsBruin]

In Love's first appearances, he threw only short and to the side, like he was afraid of getting picked off. I'm happier now that I see him taking real downfield shots.

[NewsBruin]

If we trade Love in March 2023, we'll eat $1.64 million of his remaining signing bonus. The other team gets a year of him at $2.3 million and the fifth-year option in 2024 (at the average 2023 salary of the 3rd-25th highest-paid QB), if we offer it to him this this offseason. Both years are guaranteed.

[Fritz]

If we trade Love in March 2023, we'll eat $1.64 million of his remaining signing bonus. The other team gets a year of him at $2.3 million and the fifth-year option in 2024 (at the average 2023 salary of the 3rd-25th highest-paid QB), if we offer it to him this this offseason. Both years are guaranteed.

Trade Love and you're trading someone a young QB with a future. Trade Rodgers and you're in sal cap hell but you're not saddled with an aging, over-the-hill QB who still thinks his shit don't stink, ala Favre and all those other HOF QB's who just can't see the signs, even when everyone else can.

I say dump Rodgers and take the cap hit. Keep Love.