Love SZN: Official Thread of QB1.

[Scott4Pack]

I think that Love has every reason to succeed in every game, at least for the first 50 minutes. He knows the playbook. He has the physical skills. The game has hopefully slowed down for him already. The playbook will be simple at first. And the expectations are going to be reasonable. If Love fails to meet expectations, i think that’ll come in 2025, not 2024.

fans in this forum might be reasonable, even that is highly unlikely, but those that go to that stadium for the games wont have that sort of patience, and they certainly will voice there displeasure if Love doesn't do well, and that will happen before the end of 2023, Love isn't going to get 2 seasons to become a good QB, specially if Rodgers does well in N Y.

any competent older vet would be a better backup option then Clifford.

imo Love is more ready now then Rodgers was when he took over for Favre, still anything can happen, and I and fans in the stands wont support tanking the season just because the new young QB sucks or gets injured.

That may be but the Packers don't have the salary cap to afford a competent older vet. They can only afford the incompetent ones. As for a competent one, he is going to cost more than Love does. Do you REALLY want your backup QB earning more than Love? How would that fly in the locker room (like a lead balloon I suspect)

Love has a new contract extension. Any QB that might be brought in won’t be paid more than Love.

[Crazylegs Starks]

fans in this forum might be reasonable, even that is highly unlikely, but those that go to that stadium for the games wont have that sort of patience, and they certainly will voice there displeasure if Love doesn't do well, and that will happen before the end of 2023, Love isn't going to get 2 seasons to become a good QB, specially if Rodgers does well in N Y.

any competent older vet would be a better backup option then Clifford.

imo Love is more ready now then Rodgers was when he took over for Favre, still anything can happen, and I and fans in the stands wont support tanking the season just because the new young QB sucks or gets injured.

That may be but the Packers don't have the salary cap to afford a competent older vet. They can only afford the incompetent ones. As for a competent one, he is going to cost more than Love does. Do you REALLY want your backup QB earning more than Love? How would that fly in the locker room (like a lead balloon I suspect)

Love has a new contract extension. Any QB that might be brought in won’t be paid more than Love.

For everyone's reference:
- Love's salary this season is $1,010,000 with a $3,399,271 bonus (plus incentives?)
- A 7+ year vet would get a minimum salary of $1,165,000 plus a signing bonus

[TheSkeptic]

That may be but the Packers don't have the salary cap to afford a competent older vet. They can only afford the incompetent ones. As for a competent one, he is going to cost more than Love does. Do you REALLY want your backup QB earning more than Love? How would that fly in the locker room (like a lead balloon I suspect)

Love has a new contract extension. Any QB that might be brought in won’t be paid more than Love.

For everyone's reference:
- Love's salary this season is $1,010,000 with a $3,399,271 bonus (plus incentives?)
- A 7+ year vet would get a minimum salary of $1,165,000 plus a signing bonus

But he won't be competent, i.e more capable of leading the team than Clifford should Love get hurt. If he is competent he will want approximately what Love is getting, which causes cap problems and locker room problems.

Why would any QB that made 20+ mil a year for several years want to play for what to him is chump change?

You want someone that would help the team and help Love and Clifford, fine, hire Drew Brees or Tony Romo or someone like them as a coach.

[salmar80]

That may be but the Packers don't have the salary cap to afford a competent older vet. They can only afford the incompetent ones. As for a competent one, he is going to cost more than Love does. Do you REALLY want your backup QB earning more than Love? How would that fly in the locker room (like a lead balloon I suspect)

Love has a new contract extension. Any QB that might be brought in won’t be paid more than Love.

For everyone's reference:
- Love's salary this season is $1,010,000 with a $3,399,271 bonus (plus incentives?)
- A 7+ year vet would get a minimum salary of $1,165,000 plus a signing bonus

Looking only at base salary is foolish and misleading. He gets paid the entire signing bonus this season, only the cap impact is prorated over many years.

The very minimum Love will earn over the two years is 15.3M, so 7.65M average. I'd be real upset if we signed a vet who costs more than that.

[paco]

[Crazylegs Starks]

For everyone's reference:
- Love's salary this season is $1,010,000 with a $3,399,271 bonus (plus incentives?)
- A 7+ year vet would get a minimum salary of $1,165,000 plus a signing bonus

Looking only at base salary is foolish and misleading. He gets paid the entire signing bonus this season, only the cap impact is prorated over many years.

The very minimum Love will earn over the two years is 15.3M, so 7.65M average....

I hate when you're right

[APB]

Yeah, it’s shorts and no rush but Love looking good. Accurate and driving the ball.

Anybody know who the receivers are working with him? Specifically, are any rostered WR running those routes?

[TheSkeptic]

Yeah, it’s shorts and no rush but Love looking good. Accurate and driving the ball.

Anybody know who the receivers are working with him? Specifically, are any rostered WR running those routes?

My guess is that is Doubs. Could be Jones.

[APB]

Yeah, it’s shorts and no rush but Love looking good. Accurate and driving the ball.

Anybody know who the receivers are working with him? Specifically, are any rostered WR running those routes?

My guess is that is Doubs. Could be Jones.

I'll be damned. Joe Arrigo - the referenced "source" from that youtube clip - is still out there drumming up "news" on the Packers.

[TheSkeptic]

I'll be damned. Joe Arrigo - the referenced "source" from that youtube clip - is still out there drumming up "news" on the Packers.

yeah Trying to make a living on $.001 per Youtube click

[Labrev]

[Acrobat]

I got aroused from watching this.

[Pckfn23]

Love the cut up, the song leaves something to be desired, for me.

[BF004]

Doesn’t exactly have Love in the song name, but….

[APB]

Ok that was kinda weird...

[BF004]

Ok that was kinda weird...

Guess it’s a spoof of the Barbie movie. ‘I’m just Ken’

[YoHoChecko]

Ok that was kinda weird...

Guess it’s a spoof of the Barbie movie. ‘I’m just Ken’

Yeah. As someone who loves Love, loves the Barbie movie, and specifically the I’m just Ken song…

This was a bad spoof. Fun idea. Poor writing/execution.

[BF004]

Man I can’t wait for him to get settled in and get some healthy weapons back. Seeming more and more likely he is that guy.

[Scott4Pack]

Love is doing about as well as he can be at this point, I’d say. He is poised and knows the scheme very well. He makes his progressions pretty well. His accuracy throwing looks good so far, and even excellent at times.

About the only thing he hasn’t flashed so far is an ability to overcome in the fourth quarter. And that needs time to ferment and take shape.

I’m thinking we found a keeper!

[lupedafiasco]

Love looks decent so far. Really needs to improve his completion percentage. It’s not sustainable what he’s doing and I’m worried once he gets paid and his team talent take a hit he will look like a Derek Carr. He has improved past my Cutler comparison because he’s very safe with the ball minus one mistake so far.

Accuracy is still a major problem for him though.