Green Bay Packers: Former NFL GM Suggests Jordan Love Receive a $600 Million Contract

The Green Bay Packers and starting quarterback Jordan Love are in the midst of contract negotiations that will keep the 2020 first round draft pick with the team for the foreseeable future. Going into OTA’s and training camp last offseason, there were questions about whether or not Love would be the long-term answer at quarterback following the trade of four-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers. However, Love’s performance in 2023 proved all critics and doubters wrong.

In his first season as the Packers’ starting quarterback, Love completed 64.1% of his passes for 4,159 yards, 32 touchdowns, 11 interceptions, and a 96.1 passer rating. These numbers were better than either Rodgers’ or Brett Favre’s in their first seasons as Green Bay’s starting quarterback.

Prior to last season, the Packers and Love agreed to a two-year deal that both gave him a raise last season and bought out his fifth-year option for this year. However, now that he is in the final year of that deal, he is due for an extension of massive proportions.

The Green Bay Packers and Jordan Love Have Watched Other NFL Teams Give Massive Contracts to Their Own Quarterbacks

When the offseason first began, it was very much assumed that the Packers and Love would agree to a contract extension after he became eligible in early May. At the time, most assumed that his deal would range between $46-48 million annually.

But then the Detroit Lions gave Jared Goff a four-year contract extension worth $212 million, or $53 million per season. That had many wondering if Love would not make $50 million or more on his deal.

And then the Jacksonville Jaguars gave Trevor Lawrence a five-year contract worth $275 million, or $55 million annually. At that point, people started to mention Love as a quarterback that could fetch as much as $60 million per year.