You are likely correct, though, IMHO, that would be a yuuuge mistake. At no time in his college nor pro career has he shown smarts, the ability to throw an accurate ball, nor the 'it' factor. Time to admit the mistake now and correct it, if we move on from 12 and 17.
no one knows what type of NFL QB he is yet. Those that know the best would be the staff, and if they know he has no chance we will know well before draft ends and see love released or cut or traded. I’d bet a ton against that happening.
How many good qbs are there? Anything in his past that gives you confidence Love is 'it?' None for me. Let's get better, if we can't keep 12.
I have read the QB class this year is underwhelming. In that case, skip the seasoned vet, skip the QB gamble. Take one of the 2nds you get (or lower) and throw it at Baltimore for sign and trade for Huntley. Or sign someone like Mitch turd biscuit for a look see while evaluating Love.
I'd kinda like to see that just to watch the internet explode.
Like my head did when I saw his name?
Why do some think Mitch Trubisky has shown anything more than Love has, at this point? Trubisky has shown he makes 1 read, looks to run & or throws a ball up for grabs to his tallest receiver. No thanks.
It's a stretch but if we could get Huntley for a 2nd that we'd get in a trade for Rodgers, that would include an additional 1, 2 (LAR) 2, and next year's 1 from DEN... that would be compelling. Not likely but, certainly interesting to ponder. Not sure we are able to keep Adams or if he'd want to... a trade would mean additional cap room and more picks...
To late, you said it and you can't take it back. Poppa likes Mitch! Poppa likes Mitch!
8-10 hours of nothing but Mitch. enjoy
At some moment you need to spend $ on elite (esp young) talent. If you are trading 12 - and even 17 - you need $ to sign and extend Jaire and others. It'd be a huge mistake to trade 12 and then also Jaire, who is a cornerstone player for the future. Only reason you'd trade him? If his injury is bad enough that he will have trouble tackling in the future - then you get what you can for him. If you go the route of trading 12, 17 and Jaire, then you have no locker room chemistry, no belief the Packers are in it, everyone thinks they will be traded. This is a team that if they do run it back with 12, is a contender. Even without, they could be with their OL, run game, and D.
In a total rebuild, I think any player is on the table, especially if their future with the team may only be a year or 2. I'm not saying it would be easy seeing Jaire traded, but frees up a lot of cap money, adds more draft capital and you could resign Douglas and pair him up with Stokes.
I think at this point you also have to take into consideration his shoulder. I don't expect it to be an ongoing issue, but I think many thought that about Kevin King and other players.
Agreed. The worst contract is the one that you pay a player due to his best work and then you get less than that moving forward. Of course I would love to have the top CB in the NFL on the team, who wouldn't? However, is there any guarantee that it will be Jaire for the life of a huge contract? It isn't really all about how much you pay, its a matter of did you get what you paid for and what was the opportunity cost of paying that player. Some posters screamed bloody murder over King getting the 1 year deal he got, imagine if Jaire's play drops off and he is making 5 times what King made this season.
Yes and it obviously was worth the risk, when you have #12 behind center. However, if he isn't going to be there and its #10 for at least one year, you really need to map out a long term plan, with contingencies of building a great team around an average QB. The offense is nowhere near stocked to be successful with an average QB running it. The defense is fine, but I doubt you can keep all those pieces and improve the offense, even if Rodgers and Adams are elsewhere.
One thing I am pretty sure of, if you are lucky enough to have a FHOF QB, you don't have to be quite as perfect with the other 21 positions. However, if you have an average QB, you are going to need to make up for it in another way. I don't think 1 player can quite have the same impact as a QB can. When the Bears traded a small fortune for Mack, I think many thought that was a move that would instantly make them a championship contender. Great player, but too easy for other teams to scheme around. Meanwhile he is eating up the salary of 2-6 decent players. I think maybe that is why I am a bit hesitant on a huge deal for Jaire, it isn't because I don't like him, it is because Clark already eats up a ton, Gary will when his time comes and you have a solid rookie and potentially Douglas to play CB.
So your approach would be to go with rookies and then trade the best ones away after 3 years for more draft picks rather than take a chance they might not be worth their new contract. Either that or hope they really aren't that good so they don't command top dollar.
Not at all and it really depends on a lot of factors and would vary from team to team and situation to situation. As far as the Packers current situation, until Rodgers future is figured out, everything else is on hold. If Rodgers stays and reworks his contract for another 3-5 years, I would do all I can to go all in over that time and keep Jaire.
I hear you but teams who do a total rebuild are always rebuilding. We have a great ol running game and strong young core d. If Adams and Rodgers are indeed gone then so are the smiths. With those 4, a Bakh restructure and jaire extendion we are out of cap hell. The cap likely will be higher significantly the following year with the new tv deal. What we’d need is a qb, special teams, wr and te. With the draft capital we’d get in the trade who is to say we can’t restock on the fly. What scares me is that we have been so fortunate for 30 years to have two hof qbs. What is sad is we have only 2 sbs. Yet with that core we should rebuild on the fly not tear down. IMHO.
