good news;Packers’ Jordan Love stays mum on contract talks while focusing on how he can build off his success
(AP) — GREEN BAY, WI Jordan Love, the quarterback for the Green Bay Packers, isn’t allowing the unresolved aspects of his contract discussions stop him from practicing with his teammates this week.
After helping the NFL’s youngest team to the playoffs in his debut season as a starter, Love dramatically raised his profile and is now getting ready to enter the final year of his deal.
As for me, I’ve always tried to be here, put in the reps and work with the guys, start developing that connection, and get ready for the season, Love remarked.
Love, 25, agreed to a one-year extension in May of last year, which came with incentives totaling $9 million in addition to $13.5 million in guaranteed funds. Last season’s late-season surge in love
Regarding his contract negotiations, Love remarked, “I don’t really know what’s going on, but we’ll see. “However, I won’t go into too much detail about contracts.”
Love was more eager to talk about how he could help the Packers improve upon their performance from the previous campaign. Love’s presence was essential in ensuring that the Packers had nearly everyone present for this week’s optional practices, according to Green Bay coach Matt LaFleur.
The offseason has been nearly perfect, according to LaFleur, “the best we’ve had since I’ve been here.” “And I always believe that when you look around the league, it just naturally has a way of drawing everyone to come,” said the quarterback.
Before Love, the four-time MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers, did not take part in OTAs during his final two seasons with Green Bay; however, since being traded to the New York Jets the previous season, he has participated in them. Numerous additional
Now the Packers have just about everyone around as they try taking the next step after their 2023 season ended with a 24-21 loss at San Francisco in the NFC divisional playoffs.
Love threw 21 touchdown passes with only one interception during a nine-game stretch that culminated with a 48-32 upset of the Dallas Cowboys in a wild-card playoff game, though he did throw two second-half interceptions in the loss to the 49ers. The last one came in the final minute as the Packers attempted to drive for a tying or winning score.
“It’s something that’s always with you,” Love said. “But at the end of the day, that’s what you’ve got to do, is you’ve got to learn from it, be able to watch it, break it down, see what went wrong, learn from it and grow and move on.”
He ended up completing 64.2% of his passes for 4,159 yards with 32 touchdowns and 11 interceptions last season. The only other quarterbacks ever to throw for at least 4,000 yards and 32 touchdowns in their first season making multiple starts were Kurt Warner in 1999 and Patrick Mahomes in 2018.
