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It IS Jordan Love Time !!
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Wasn’t sure if this is an NFL tweet for us or a Jordan Love tweet, decided it’s about Love. If GB passed on drafting and developing Love, this is the QB world they were looking at. Lawrence and Stroud were top 2 picks, unlikely GB has a shot at either. Then you’re counting on them drafting Purdy when obviously the whole league missed on him, would’ve been just dumb luck. Gute’s decision making with Love proved to be right, a spot on analysis of upcoming QB talent.
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Most likely GB probably still has Rodgers on the roster and either some 2nd or 3rd day rookie they want to develop or perhaps Love himself as if another team drafted him in 2020. Love won't get the time to sit and develop the way he did in GB so good chance he busts with another team and perhaps GB is the team that like Willis takes him on as a rebuild project. Or it is how it's panned out now for the back with Willis here still.
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Despite data like this teams still insist on wasting first round picks on QBs… Also when you look at the totality of QB picks no matter the round the system from youth through college is failing to produce decent QBs.
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I would think it's 80-90% of the time a HC and GM would rather not take a 1st round QB knowing that if it does not turn out well they are out the door with that QB 2 or 3 years later. It is the owner who is pushing the team to draft the QB and the GM has no choice but to follow orders. It's rare you find any QB who is ready to play year one. Nearly every single one would be best off to sit behind a journyman QB like a Flacco for a year learn and then take over.
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At the time of the Love pick there was talk about the choice of player being fine, but people didn’t like the trade up. And of course you can’t know this for sure at the time but looking back, even the trade up was worth it. The player talent for the value was right on
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You always have to wonder who did Gute worry about taking Love that he did move up to get him. Though if Gute had found a trade partner there was talk he wanted Jefferson but could not find any team willing to trade with him.
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i think sitting behind a qb for one year is reasonable. wasting 75% of a 1st round pick's rookie contract seems absurd to me. i'm glad it worked out for us, but i think we should have traded rodgers after one year of love sitting (2 at most). if we had traded rodgers right after an mvp year, i think we could have gotten a lot more in return.
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I agree at two years, but not one. It takes time. The first year is more about getting acclimated, and the second is when the game speed comes to you.