The plan is figuring out for the Inexperienced Bay Packers.
The franchise chosen Jordan Love within the first spherical of the 2020 NFL Draft to finally succeed Aaron Rodgers.
On the time, the transfer wasn’t very talked-about.
But it surely’s a mannequin the Packers have had success with earlier than. They drafted Rodgers in 2005 to finally change Brett Favre.
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Jordan Love of the Inexperienced Bay Packers celebrates after an NFL wild-card sport in opposition to the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium Jan. 14, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (Perry Knotts/Getty Photographs)
Love was thrown into the fireplace after the Packers traded Rodgers to the New York Jets, and his first full season was successful.
Love has reportedly parlayed that right into a historic extension. Love and the crew reportedly agreed to a four-year extension value $220 million.
The $55 million annual wage ties him with Trevor Lawrence and Joe Burrow for the best ever, and the $220 million is probably the most given in a four-year deal, surpassing the reported deal Tua Tagovailoa agreed to with the Miami Dolphins earlier Friday.
Jordan Love of the Inexperienced Bay Packers appears to throw a cross in the course of the first half in opposition to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Lambeau Subject Dec. 17, 2023, in Inexperienced Bay, Wis. (Patrick McDermott/Getty Photographs)
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Love additionally acquired a $75 million signing bonus and $155 million in assured cash.
He’s now the eighth quarterback with an annual wage of $50 million, all of whom have been signed since final yr. He joins Tagovailoa, Lawrence, Burrow, Jalen Hurts, Justin Herbert, Jared Goff and Lamar Jackson.
This comes after the Packers media relations crew abruptly ended Love’s media session at coaching camp after a reporter requested about his contract state of affairs.
Love additionally was not going to observe till a deal was reached, however it seems he’ll be again on the sector quickly.
Love began out robust, throwing three touchdowns in every of his first two video games of the 2023 season. He cooled off, throwing simply six touchdowns and eight interceptions over his subsequent six video games.
However from Week 10 onward, he was dominant. Together with the postseason, in his ultimate 11 video games, he threw for two,905 yards and 25 touchdowns and accomplished 67.9% of his passes.
Love and the Packers earned the seventh seed within the NFC and walloped the second-seeded Cowboys in Dallas.
Jordan Love of the Inexperienced Bay Packers throws a landing cross in the course of the first half of a sport in opposition to the Chicago Bears at Lambeau Subject Jan. 7, 2024, in Inexperienced Bay, Wis. (Patrick McDermott/Getty Photographs)
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The Packers led the top-seeded San Francisco 49ers, 21-14, late within the third quarter of the divisional spherical, however the Niners fought again to win.
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