The Inexperienced Bay Packers imagine they’ve a franchise quarterback in Jordan Love and are paying him accordingly.
The Packers and Love have agreed to a four-year, $220 million contract that features a $75 million signing bonus and $155 million assured, in accordance with ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Schefter notes Love is now the highest-paid QB in historical past.
The information about Love agreeing to a four-year contract extension comes the identical day that Tua Tagovailoa agreed to a four-year deal with the Dolphins for over $200 million. The quarterbacks are represented by the identical agent and determined to go together with four-year offers that put them on the prime of the compensation market.
Fairly apparently, Love is signing for $7.5 million greater than Tagovailoa.
Love was the No. 26 general decide within the 2020 NFL Draft. He waited on the bench for 3 seasons earlier than getting his likelihood to start out. In his first season because the Packers’ starter, Love led Inexperienced Bay to a 9-8 season whereas passing for 4,159 yards, 32 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. That was sufficient to persuade the Packers to lock him up by means of 2028.