Packers are already negotiating Jordan Love's contract extension
The Green Bay Packers have already decided that Jordan Love is their future at quarterback. After one season as a starter, Love showed enough to convince the Packers that he is the answer to succeed Aaron Rodgers, and now it's a matter of how much it will cost going forward. Love is entering the last […]
The Green Bay Packers have already decided that Jordan Love is their future at quarterback. After one season as a starter, Love showed enough to convince the Packers that he is the answer to succeed Aaron Rodgers, and now it's a matter of how much it will cost going forward.
Love is entering the last year of his deal, based on the short-term extension he signed in 2023. During the Owners Meeting in Orlando, Florida, Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst said that the team has started negotiations with Love's representatives to reach a long-term extension.
"There's been some preliminary discussions," Gutekunst said. "Certainly, the sooner the better, but at the same time we wanna make sure we do it the right way. It has started, but it's not something that's going to go quickly, it'll take some time."
The good news for the Packers is that they are in no hurry. As the parties signed an extension on May 3 last year, a new contract can't get officially signed before May 3, 2024, twelve months after the previous extension.
Jordan Love spent the first three years in the NFL behind Rodgers. Asked if giving Love a big-time extension after just one season as the start was a concern, Gutekunst mentioned how well the franchise knows its quarterback.
"In every contract extension, draft pick decision you make, there's a ton of risk. It's just part of it," Gutekunst pointed out. "At the same time, the nice thing about having a guy in your building for the last four years is you absolutely know who he is. We know how he's going to respond, how he's going to react, how he's going to work. Instead of signing a player that has not been in your building and guaranteeing all that to him, certainly having four years with him gives us a lot of comfort in what he's all about."
How much and for how long
The Packers know Jordan Love is their guy, so the biggest questions remaining are when it will get done, for how much, and how long his contract will be.
Cap and contract specialists projected to A to Z Sports that Love's new deal is expected to be between $44 million and $52 million on average per season — considering the recent cap jump, it's likely that the average will start with a five.
Regarding the length of the deal, Green Bay usually gives four-year extensions for non-quarterbacks, but they try to find longer deals with passers — which makes total sense, considering the uniqueness of the quarterback market. When Rodgers extended his contract with the Packers for the first time, in 2008, he signed a six-year deal.
Contract projections: How much will the Packers pay to extend QB Jordan Love?
Quarterback is under contract through 2024
