I'm actually a fan of making last night, Rodgers last game as a Packer. He still has trade value, take it now and don't look back. Use 2023 as a season to purge the cap, get some nice high draft picks of their own and what they get for Rodgers and any other player they purge.
I'm just fine with 5 loses, in really well played games by Love and some of the other young players.
| Pick | Team | W-L-T |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston Texans | 1-9-1 |
| 2 | Chicago Bears | 3-9 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions (from LAR) | 3-8 |
| 4 | Seattle Seahawks (from DEN) | 3-8 |
| 5 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 3-7 |
| 6 | Carolina Panthers | 4-8 |
| 7 | Philadelphia Eagles (from NO) | 4-8 |
| 8 | Arizona Cardinals | 4-8 |
| 9 | Green Bay Packers | 4-8 |
| 10 | Las Vegas Raiders | 4-7 |
| 11 | Houston Texans (via CLE) | 4-7 |
| 12 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 4-7 |
| 13 | Detroit Lions | 4-7 |
| 14 | Indianapolis Colts | 4-6-1 |
| 15 | Atlanta Falcons | 5-7 |
I'm just fine with 5 loses, in really well played games by Love and some of the other young players.
They won't catch the Texans, but they have a legit shot at being top 3 in every round.
Pick Team W-L-T 1 Houston Texans 1-9-1 2 Chicago Bears 3-9 3 Detroit Lions (from LAR) 3-8 4 Seattle Seahawks (from DEN) 3-8 5 Pittsburgh Steelers 3-7 6 Carolina Panthers 4-8 7 Philadelphia Eagles (from NO) 4-8 8 Arizona Cardinals 4-8 9 Green Bay Packers 4-8 10 Las Vegas Raiders 4-7 11 Houston Texans (via CLE) 4-7 12 Jacksonville Jaguars 4-7 13 Detroit Lions 4-7 14 Indianapolis Colts 4-6-1 15 Atlanta Falcons 5-7
When you have a moment, I have some winning Lottery numbers to sell you.I hope we win every game Love plays in. I think it's best for the franchise if we win out, squeeze into the playoffs and win it all. Rodgers retires gracefully. No muss, no fuss. Packernation is delirious with joy, except on draft day when we get the 32nd pick.
It's the first time he ever impressed me. I don't want to draw conclusions from just a couple of drives. But I feel better about him today than I did Saturday.
I agree that he looked better, but I have to think that the Eagles defense relaxed a bit when they saw him come in, as well as having a big lead. Not to take anything away from his performance, but in order to properly evaluate Love, the Packers really need to let him play some substantial starting minutes in the next 5 games. This will also give Love some very valuable learning opportunities.
I'm in the same boat. He looked like he could take a snap, get to his drop and deliver the ball. He did it well in that situation. But people need to keep in mind the situation. The rubber will really meet the road when he's facing a defense that has game planned his tendencies and starts throwing stuff at him. Then we'll know what we have.
You can just tell he was calm and collective in that Eagles game. Displayed confidence and poise and looked completely relaxed. His intermediate throws were mostly money shots. His short perimeter throws were dimes. Oddly, Those sideline tosses were the ones he was missing pretty regular earlier in his pro career. He hit those as good as #12 (granted in limited numbers). You couldn’t ask for too much more at this point.
May be a bit premature to say you nailed it, but its looking good.
Thanks for doing this....was a fun stroll through memory lane!
100% agree and also disagree. I believe there is no way one could bring up Russell in discussions with Love. JaMarcus had bust written all over him, character black flags (personal flag above red LOL) about him everywhere!
Love has moxy, his arm is awesome...and I don't think another QB in this draft could have slid into a better situation than he. His processing skills should sharpen dramatically just going through NFL coaching...but to watch Aaron could be special. I love character guys, and Love is that. I love lively armed QBs, and Love is that. I love a QB willing to gunsling at times, Love has that. I love a guy that can tuck and hurt defenses in short runs, Love has that.
You are 100% right though in the game study and processing are areas he MUST improve on...and I'm betting he will. The question will be if it is enough to justify in 3/4 years we have the same issue before us we had with Rodgers and Favre. In a perfect world Rodgers wins another SB 3 years from now and decides to ride off into the sunset............after winning two others the year's preceding LOL
Besides maybe Brock Purdy, Love could turn out to be one of the best QB steals from the last 4 draft classes. I imagine that we will hear a lot about that on Saturday.
Draft-class comparisons between Purdy and Love are difficult. Purdy was literally one pick away from being an UDFA. Love was taken in the first round, and apparently Gluten was concerned enough about losing him late in round 1, and he traded up 4 spots to get him. I might be wrong here. I thought Gluten gave up the Packers pick and a 4th rounder to move up 4 spots and take Love.
Which is why I said "maybe besides Brock Purdy". If both QB's keep playing as they have started their careers, not doubt Purdy was a HUGE steal. That said, if Love continues on the path he is on and ends up being the Packers 3rd FHOF QB and plays at a Rodgers like level, he was an absolute steal. Steal might be the wrong term to use, since the Packers didn't really "steal" him. What they appear to have done, was spotting a guy that they thought had a ton of talent, while other teams missed it.
Gotcha. And clearly Gluten thought Love might be taken before he picked and he moved up 4 spots. I admit I was critical of the move at the time and for a long time after.
Unless Gute had traded up into the 1st round or early second round, I have very little doubt that Love would have been selected by another team before the Packers 2nd round pick (#62). I know one team was mentioned as being ready to select him, but can't rememer who that was.
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I’m not sure I’ll sleep good tonight this is such a treat. 
