and for the visiting team, the performance of the backup
quarterback far more important because he could be
at some point, the starting quarterback of the Green Bay.
Packers Jordan, love playing again. Here's coach, Matt. Le
Flore on the performance from his now, third-year backup
quarterback.
Yeah, I think early on there wasn't really a lot open for
him and he was under some duress. And the one thing
I loved about it is
you know when it doesn't the game doesn't start out the way
you want it to. How do you respond? And I thought he
showed a lot of resiliency and I think that just shows the
maturation process that he's in,
you know,
done over the last couple years and I was I thought there was
a lot of good things out there. I know again, I always look at
the numbers.
The end of it and I'm like,
that doesn't make sense. I thought he did a lot of good
things but we'll take a look at the tape. I'm sure there's
always something that you can clean up,
but I thought all in all I thought Jordan did a lot of
really good things out there.
Look he's shown development and Improvement throughout this
preseason last night 16 426 148 yards and an interception. But
of course, we know the stats don't tell the story,
especially during the preseason when it's not as crisp, they're
not in the whole game, you don't get
to see the ABS in the
Flows and they fighting through adversity. But
Matt, Le Flore knows that Aaron Rodgers is on a year-to-year
Arrangement and I can't help, but Wonder this is occurred to
me earlier today.
I remember what the Packers did
with Brett Favre. In 2008, they went to him very, very early in
the offseason at a time when they knew if they said to him
we need to know right now what you're going to do
for the next season he would say
I'm retiring. They wanted him. Retire. They wanted to go
forward
with Aaron Rodgers in 2008.
I can't help but wonder whether there's going to be some
Push belief possibility
within the Packers organization
to try to figure out how to turn the page next year
to Jordan love. He'll be entering your four
of his career. After three years on the bench,
I have to make a decision on the fifth year. Option by early May
for Jordan love were already there, and he hasn't even
played yet other than the game. Last year, when Aaron Rodgers
was on the covid list. I think a lot of it depends on Rodney.
Rogers this year, how he plays but the guys constantly talking
about retirement now
Brett Favre. Was
you've got a guy ready to go
and and at some point
at some point the organization
will want to turn the page and I don't know whether Matt
LaFleur is just trying to boost Jordan love and make him
feel better about himself feel not like he's caught in some
weird Purgatory where, you know, he's three years in
the league and he's not playing and what am I supposed to do?
But I just can't help but wonder whether after this
season, you know, we're so focused. Focused on Aaron
Rodgers, dictating the terms of this relationship, I can't
help. But wonder whether or not the Packers. Try to seize back
control after whatever happens in 2020 to Sheree.
I think their original plan Mike when they
got Jordan love was to insert him as the quarterback in 2021.
He'd sit a season behind Aaron Rodgers and then it be his team
but Aaron Rodgers kind of blew that up winning the MVP award
and now he's done it again but I just don't know that and
they see him in practice more, I get that. But, you know, once
a season starts, he doesn't get that many reps. But they feel
like he's grown and, and maybe they've seen enough. I don't
I haven't seen enough to,
to say, yeah, I want Jordan love as my next quarterback,
I'm kind of Uncertain, I thought. Shane. Boo shell was
the best quarterback in that game yesterday. He showed me
a lot of things. I think the
Chiefs have a good backup quarterback, and I think he's
probably better than Chad Henne he may be their number two
quarterback going into the season. So I don't know that
I personally have seen enough from Jordan love but if they
feel like they have and he can be the
quarterback to lead them to that very well may happen. But,
What happens if if Aaron Rodgers wins? Yet another MVP
award. You're right. Mike and depends on how Aaron Rodgers
does this season. How far they get
and
really if he wants to keep playing and if he wins another
MVP award, guess what he's going to want to keep playing.
So a lot depends this season on how he does especially with
that receiving Corps. That doesn't have a lot of
proven players in it. But Kenny still do what Aaron Rodgers has
In the last couple of years, we're going to find that out.
And then the Packers probably will have decision a bank. I'm
going to push back on the idea that he's going to probably
want to keep playing if he wins an MVP award. I don't think
there's a connection there and if they flame out again in
the playoffs
maybe he does walk away.
He said, it himself in June. Maybe he thinks about retirement
all the time. If you're thinking about retirement all
the time you're already partially retired. Now I don't
know what he's going to do. This offseason go back to Peru
for another shot of Ayahuasca. I don't know,
but he's He's clearly entering that Brett Favre Zone and Brett
Favre is in that zone for like six years before he finally
retired. Well, we're now two years into Aaron Rodgers and
this very public.
Inner monologue of what do I do? Am I going to
retire my going to try to play for somebody else? What am
I going to do? What am I going to do? In the way they structured?
This contract even though he's getting more money on average
than any player in the NFL,
he can walk away without consequence at any time. He
doesn't have to pay back a gigantic pot of money. The way
it's structured. He gets paid as he goes. He gets paid as he
plays,
he can walk away
and
I hey Brett Favre. Had a career rebirth.
In 2007. After a couple of down years, he had a great 2007. And
what was his last year with the Packers? The worst part about
it was the interception he threw in overtime against
the Giants and blue, their shot at the Super Bowl.
So just because Aaron Rodgers has a great year, doesn't mean
the Packers will refrain from activating their plan to shift
to Jordan love,
unless they only drafted Jordan love to light a fire under
Aaron Rodgers ass,
If that's the only reason they drafted Jordan love then. Okay,
let's go ahead with Aaron Rodgers in the fourth year of
Jordan loves career, but if they drive to Jordan love with
the idea that he's going to be the quarterback at some point,
it's got to be next year
because after next year is going to be a free agent
and yeah, would they pick up the fifth year option on a guy
who's never played
if they don't plan on playing him in his fourth year?
So
I think I think there's a good chance. This is it for
the Packers and Rogers. And we're so focused on Rogers,
we don't think about the Packers.
They have saying this
and after a couple of years of having Rogers, only upper hand
in the relationship.
Marc Murphy. Brian good. A kunst, Russ ball.
They may decide. Hey, we're taking the power back. We're
going to be here years after Aaron. Rodgers has stopped
playing football. It's time for us at some point to reassert
control over our team.
Yeah, and if you did dropped into play and you feel like
you've seen enough that probably is the move to make
especially if Aaron Rodgers can't get you over the hump to
win a Super bombing.
Look at the chances they've had in recent years, Mike to win
another Super Bowl and they weren't able to get it done at
some point. You've got to be the Rams, it's even if with MVP
awards, you got to be the Rams,
you've got to be the 49ers you've got to say,
all right, we're not getting it done.
Let's let's move on. Let's try to go to the Future and get
Done with this young guy again, Mike if you've seen enough from
Jordan love to lead you to believe that he can be your
next great quarterback. You don't
want to lose him, you don't want to have used that,
first-round draft pick on him, Sat him on the bench for four
years and then go, bye-bye. We don't really know what you are,
but we're going to stay with Aaron Rodgers
for however long, he plays which is not going to be that
much longer and let you walk away and maybe become the next
great quarterback that we let leave our team. So they are
going to have a decision to make
and I know they're probably already thinking about that but
a lot hinges on what happens this season with them
traded up to get Jordan love after their first preference,
just in Jefferson was drafted by the Vikings. The 49ers move
up to get Brandon ioq, that was their plan. B
plan, C was trade up to get
Jordan love. Fourth-round pick coupled with a first round.
Pick to get Jordan love. You keep them for four years and
then he walks away as a free agent. I don't think so
and I don't think I don't know. I just I
my point is this
It's been all about Aaron Rodgers for the past two years
and his decisions
and what he wants. And what he's going to do,
we've lost sight of the fact that the Packers have a say in
this as well. That's all I'm saying and we know what they
did to Brett Favre
and I believe they deliberately and specifically manipulated
Brett Favre into retiring when he did knowing that, if they
didn't push it to a head then he was going to
play games. All offseason. What am I going to do? I don't know.
I don't know. I don't know. And then they'd find out.
In July that he was going to play again. So
we know the history even though some of the
personalities have changed we know the history
and at some point they have to take back control of their team.